Ernest Florman Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

Ernest Florman Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

Ernest Florman ((1863-09-20)20 September 1863 â€" (1952-09-15)15
September 1952) was a Swedish director, film photographer and royal
photographer.His father Gösta Florman established a photography firm
in Kristinehamn, Värmland. In 1867 he moved to Karlstad and in 1871
to Stockholm where he had his studio at Regeringsgatan 28 A. In 1900
the company changed its name to Ateljé Florman and control passed to
Ernest.Florman's short film Konungens af Siam landstigning vid
Logårdstrappan is often referred to as the first completely Swedish
film. It documents the arrival of King Chulalongkorn of Siam at the
Logårdstrappan at Stockholm Castle, where he was received by King
Oscar II. The film was shown by Florman on 13 July 1897 (1897-07-13)
and again on 19 July 1897 (1897-07-19) at the General Art and
Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897). The recording equipment had
been brought there by the French film photographer Alexandre Promio,
as he was in Sweden doing work for the Lumière Brothers to present
his new medium. Promio took on Florman as his apprentice in this new
artistic medium.During the 1897 Exhibition two Swedish feature films
were made. One was Slagsmål i Gamla Stockholm and was filmed by
Promio with Florman as an assistant. The film had its premiere on 3
July 1897. At the same time Florman filmed and directed the film
Byrakstugan which had its premiere on 14 August 1897.
Ernest Florman Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter


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