Biograph Company

Biograph Company
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1895
Founder	William Kennedy Dickson
Defunct	1916
Fate	Acquired by Universal Pictures
Headquarters	Broadway at 13th Street in Manhattan, New York City, United States
Area served	United States, Europe
Key people	Herman Casler (inventor); Henrey Norton "Harry" Marvin (inventor); Elias Koopman (businessman); D. W. Griffith (director); Mary Pickford (actress); Blanche Sweet (actress); Lillian Gish (actress); Lionel Barrymore (actor); Henry B. Walthall (actor);
Products	Silent films

The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over 3000 short films and 12 feature films.^[1]^[2] During the height of silent film as a medium, Biograph was the most prominent U.S. film studio and one of the most respected and influential studios worldwide, only rivaled by Germany's UFA, Sweden's Svensk Filmindustri and France's Pathé. The company was home to pioneering director D. W. Griffith and such actors as Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore.

^ Elias Savada, ed. (1995). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film Beginnings, 1893–1910 — A Work in Progress: v. A. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3021-3.
^ Lauritzen, Einar; Lundquist, Gunnar (1976). American Film-Index 1908–1915: Motion Pictures, July 1908 – December 1915. distributed by Akademiebokhandeln, University of Stockholm. Stockholm: Film-Index. ISBN 91-7410-001-7.

[1] Elias Savada, ed. (1995). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film Beginnings, 1893–1910 — A Work in Progress: v. A. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3021-3.

[2] Lauritzen, Einar; Lundquist, Gunnar (1976). American Film-Index 1908–1915: Motion Pictures, July 1908 – December 1915. distributed by Akademiebokhandeln, University of Stockholm. Stockholm: Film-Index. ISBN 91-7410-001-7.

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