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For much of the twentieth-century, the contribution of William Friese-Greene to cinema was disputed. Having famously died at a meeting of cinema exhibitors with only the price of a cinema ticket in his pocket, cinemas around the country shut down their projectors to mark his funeral. The film The Magic Box – made for the […]

This year we’re celebrating Friese-Greene and cinema, past, present and future in our Film2021 programme. In this interview, Peter Domankiewicz – who has done more than anyone to look into and discover anew the impact and legacy of Friese-Greene – talks about early cinema, Friese-Greene and photography and Friese-Greene’s inventions for capturing movement on film. […]

Wednesday 5 May 2021 marks the centenary of the death of William Friese-Greene, the Bristol-born photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. For much of the twentieth century his influence in the early years of film-making was dismissed, but is now being rediscovered. This year we’re celebrating Friese-Greene and cinema, past, present and future in our […]

Film2021 was a year-long celebration of filmmaking and filmgoing. It marked the centenary of the death of William Friese-Greene, the Bristol-born photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. Peter Domankiewicz, who has done more than anyone to look into and discover anew the impact and legacy of Friese-Greene, reflects on the year and what he’s taken […]

It was the best part of thirty years ago, God help me, that I first met Andrew Kelly to talk about the possibility of doing something about the Bristolian moving picture pioneer William Friese-Greene, to tie in with the upcoming Centenary of Cinema in 1996. He had recently been appointed to lead an organisation called […]

This essay has been commissioned as part of our Film2021 project. Visit the project page to find out more. WHO IS THE BELLE OF CLIFTON?Is she dark, or is she fair;Auburn locks or golden hair;Hazel eyes or sweetest blue;Laughing eyes or grave and true?If you would see her beauty rare,To Queen’s Road Institute repair;For there […]

The walk is mainly on level pavements, though extra care will be needed on uneven surfaces, particularly around Harbourside. It is around three miles long and will take about 90 minutes to complete at a leisurely pace, not including stops at places of refreshment or visitor attractions along the way. There are a few downward […]

The story of Bristol-born film pioneer William Friese-Greene is told in The Magic Box, which was made for the Festival of Britain 70 years ago to celebrate British ingenuity. Based on Ray Allister’s book, Friese-Greene, Close-Up of an Inventor, the film offers fascinating insights into the pursuit of a dream – in this case to […]

The tour begins on Queen’s Road by the site of one of William Friese-Greene’s early photographic studios (which is adjacent to the Victoria Rooms, once home of the Clifton Cinema) and ends in Broadmead with the story of the now demolished Tivoli, where the first public screening of motion pictures in Bristol took place in […]

The tour begins on Queen’s Road by the site of one of William Friese-Greene’s early photographic studios (which is adjacent to the Victoria Rooms, once home of the Clifton Cinema) and ends in Broadmead with the story of the now demolished Tivoli, where the first public screening of motion pictures in Bristol took place in […]

He was visiting the Bath Photographic Society, which he had helped to found and to which he made it his custom to present his latest discoveries. Today’s was a bit of a stunner. It was well-known that he had been working on a moving picture camera with the help of Mortimer Evans, but this was […]

In 1874, at sweet eighteen, William Edward (‘Willie’) Green of Bristol married Mariana Helena (‘Lena’) Friese – a Swiss-German woman, five years his senior. Willie was currently apprenticed to the photographer Marcus Guttenberg in a swanky address at 17 Royal Promenade, but two doors down was another photographer, Daniel Josty, who was Helena’s half-brother and […]