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- Birth nameMax Richard Skladanowsky
- Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Born as the fourth child of glazier Carl Theodor Skladanowsky and Luise Auguste Ernestine Skladanowsky, he was apprenticed as a photographer and glass painter, which led to an interest in magic lanterns. In 1879, he began to tour Germany and Central Europe with his father Carl and elder brother Emil Skladanowsky, giving dissolving magic lantern shows. While Emil mostly took care of promotion, Max was mostly involved with the technology, and on 20 August 1892 he constructed their first film camera, but this more likely happened in the summer or autumn of 1894. He also single-handedly constructed the Bioskop projector, with which after shooting several short films the brothers would provide motion picture shows. Between the years 1895 and 1905, the brothers directed at least 25 to 30 short movies.
- IMDb mini biography by: Daniel R.
- SpousesGertrud Anna Pauline Marx(1896 - 1930) (her death, 4 children)Else Ranzen(1890 - 1891) (her death)
- ParentsCarl Theodor SkladanowskyLuise Auguste Ernestine Skladanowsky
- RelativesEmil Skladanowsky(Sibling)
- Berlin: February 1st 1907; The newspaper "Der Komet" gave Max the soul credit of inventing "Cinema". This was due to his first sessions of Bioskop, at the Wintergarten, being held on November 1st 1895. Of course, the French refute this notion and the claims of who created "Cinema" goes on.
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- Brother of Eugen Skladanowsky
- In the Netherlands and the Balkans the word "bioscop" means cinema.
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