SKC Films Library

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MOTION PICTURES

sequences of photographic images projected onto a screen in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement

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Samuel Michael Fuller
independent filmmaker


David Llewelyn Wouk "D.W." Griffith
ground-breaking director


Marie Georges Jean Méliès
pioneer of many movie special effects


(David) Samuel Peckinpah
director and writer of films known for their violence


Edwin S. Porter
director of the first motion picture to tell a story


Steven Allan Spielberg
movie and television producer and director


Orson Welles
maker of "the greatest film ever made"

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