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F. Percy Smith

F. Percy Smith

A distinguished pioneer of scientific filmmaking, Percy Smith was born in London in 1880. Working as a clerk at the Board of Education, Percy began to photograph the natural world around him, nursing a lifelong fascination with all manner of plant and animal life.  His close-up photograph of a bluebottle's tongue caught the attention of film entrepreneur Charles Urban, who quickly began to exhibit Percy's work in London theatres. After the considerable success of sequences such as The Balancing Bluebottle, where he recorded flies juggling, Percy finally joined Urban as a full-time filmmaker in 1910.  Before the outbreak of the First World War, Percy completed over fifty nature films for the Urban Sciences series including, in 1910, the famous piece, 

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Crew
  • The Birth of a Flower

    The Birth of a Flower

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1910
    117 years ago

  • The Acrobatic Fly

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.1
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 16, 1910
    117 years ago
  • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly

    To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    2.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1909
    118 years ago

  • The Strength and Agility of Insects

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 04, 1911
    116 years ago
  • Peas and Cues

    Peas and Cues

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 11, 1930
    97 years ago
  • The Strangler

    The Strangler

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1930
    96 years ago
  • The Plants of the Pantry

    The Plants of the Pantry

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1927
    100 years ago
  • The World in a Wine-Glass

    The World in a Wine-Glass

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 01, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Magic Myxies

    Magic Myxies

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 01, 1931
    96 years ago

  • Story of the Silk Moth

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1908
    120 years ago
  • Romance in a Pond

    Romance in a Pond

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1932
    95 years ago
  • Brewster's Magic

    Brewster's Magic

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1933
    94 years ago
  • The Battle of the Plants

    The Battle of the Plants

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1926
    101 years ago
  • Floral Co-operative Societies

    Floral Co-operative Societies

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 02, 1927
    100 years ago
  • Scarlet Runner & Co

    Scarlet Runner & Co

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 17, 1929
    98 years ago
  • Gathering Moss

    Gathering Moss

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 02, 1933
    94 years ago
  • Tale of a Tendril

    Tale of a Tendril

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1925
    101 years ago

  • Fight for the Dardanelles

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1915
    112 years ago

  • The Frog

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1929
    98 years ago

  • The Phantom

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1926
    101 years ago

  • Down Under

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1930
    97 years ago
  • Varieties of Sweet Peas

    Varieties of Sweet Peas

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 14, 1911
    116 years ago

  • Bertie's Cave

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1925
    102 years ago

  • Nature's Handiwork

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 20, 1921
    106 years ago
  • Wisdom of the Wild

    Wisdom of the Wild

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1940
    86 years ago
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