Based on original research from Charles Urban’s own papers, this is the first biography of this influential film maker and innovator. It is also a historical

In the early 20th century, the American film producer Charles Urban, who had founded his company in London, sent two of his camera operators out to the Balkans.

4e de couv.: Beginning around 1903, a variety of producers began making films about scientific topics for general audiences, inspired by a vision of cinema as a