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- Siegmund Lubin was born on April 20, 1851 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a producer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903), Life of an American Fireman (1904) and Trip Through America (1906). He was married to Annie Abrams. He died on September 10, 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- SpouseAnnie Abrams(1882 - 1923)
- In 1915 was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, a film distribution company.
- After the decline of the Edison Trust, Lubin joined a short-lived cooperative venture with Vitagraph, Selig and Essanay (V-L-S-E). Thereafter, Lubin's company was absorbed by Vitagraph.
- Worked as an optician in Philadelphia. Interest in optical instruments led to work with camera equipment and a subsequent fascination with motion pictures. Made his first films by 1896, as well as selling cinema equipment and later running his own chain of picture theatres. Became a member of the Motion Pictures Patents Company (Edison Trust). By 1909, he established Lubin Studio subsidiaries in New York, Atlantic City and (his biggest) in Jacksonville, Florida, where he churned out numerous short comedies.
- Uncle of actress Edna Luby.
- Father of Emily Lowry.
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