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Oskar Messter (21 November 1866 – 6 December 1943) was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema. His firm Messter Film was one of the dominant German producers before the rise of UFA, into which it was ultimately merged.
Oskar Messter was born on 22 November 1866 in Berlin, Germany. He was a producer and director, known for Rapunzel (1897), Das wandernde Licht (1916) and Tanz der Salome (1906). He was married to Antonie König and Margarete Wittmann. He died on 7 December 1943 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany.
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Oskar Messter, gebürtig Oskar Eduard Mester, (* 21. November 1866 in Berlin [1] [2]; † 6. Dezember 1943 in Tegernsee) war ein deutscher Filmpionier, Mitbegründer des Deutschen Optikerverbandes und Beisitzer in der Meisterprüfungskommssion für Berlin und Potsdam.
Widely known as 'the Father of the German Film Industry', Oskar Messter, born in Berlin on 21 November 1866, grew up in a scientific and manufacturing household: his father Eduard founded a company in Berlin in 1859 that manufactured and sold optical equipment, eyeglasses, and medical apparatus.
Oskar Messter, whose autobiography opens with a chapter headed 'MyFather My Model,'was to emulate him a few years later on the cinematographic front with similar ventures in the commercial sphere. He was forever travelling, collecting film footage of all.
Oskar Messter - Writer. Producer and Director. Nationality: German. Born: Oskar Eduard Messter in Berlin, 22 November 1866. Family: Married Antonie (Messter). Career: Worked in his father's optical plant, later a director; 1896—formed film company, and produced many short films from 1897, and a weekly newsreel ( Messter-Woche ) from 1914 ...
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The news of the success of the first cinematographic screenings by the Lumière brothers aroused Oskar Messter's interest in the new technology. After several failed attempts, he designed his first projector on his own and tentatively screened kinetoscope films.
