George K. Hollister (March 7, 1873 â€" March 28, 1952) was an American
pioneer cinematographer.Born in New York City, New York, little is
known of his background. In 1905 he married a nineteen-year-old girl
named Alice from Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of
French-Canadian immigrants. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in
1906 and George Jr., born in 1908.Around 1908, Hollister was hired by
the Kalem Company to train as a camera operator. Under film director
Sidney Olcott, he was the camera man for the pioneering Kalem team
that filmed in Florida during the winter and in 1910 would be part of
the first ever crew to film on location outside of the United States.
Traveling to Ireland with Olcott's crew that included leading lady and
principal screenwriter, Gene Gauntier, George Hollister shot The Lad
from Old Ireland and The Irish Honeymoon, a travelogue shot in Blarney
Castle, Glengarriff and at the Lakes of Killarney. A Kalem crew
returned to Ireland in each of the next two years and in 1912. Alice,
Hollister's wife was a character actress of Kalem.In December 1911, he
embarked in New York with Olcott and a full cast of actors for a
journey that would last eleven months. Alice and their two children
accompany him. In January 1912, he was in Egypt, Cairo and then Luxor
where he boxed about thirty films. In April, he is in Jerusalem to
film his most important cinematic accomplishment in Palestine : From
the Manger to the Cross. The film told the story of Jesus, and in 1998
was selected for the National Film Registry of the United States
Library of Congress.
pioneer cinematographer.Born in New York City, New York, little is
known of his background. In 1905 he married a nineteen-year-old girl
named Alice from Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of
French-Canadian immigrants. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in
1906 and George Jr., born in 1908.Around 1908, Hollister was hired by
the Kalem Company to train as a camera operator. Under film director
Sidney Olcott, he was the camera man for the pioneering Kalem team
that filmed in Florida during the winter and in 1910 would be part of
the first ever crew to film on location outside of the United States.
Traveling to Ireland with Olcott's crew that included leading lady and
principal screenwriter, Gene Gauntier, George Hollister shot The Lad
from Old Ireland and The Irish Honeymoon, a travelogue shot in Blarney
Castle, Glengarriff and at the Lakes of Killarney. A Kalem crew
returned to Ireland in each of the next two years and in 1912. Alice,
Hollister's wife was a character actress of Kalem.In December 1911, he
embarked in New York with Olcott and a full cast of actors for a
journey that would last eleven months. Alice and their two children
accompany him. In January 1912, he was in Egypt, Cairo and then Luxor
where he boxed about thirty films. In April, he is in Jerusalem to
film his most important cinematic accomplishment in Palestine : From
the Manger to the Cross. The film told the story of Jesus, and in 1998
was selected for the National Film Registry of the United States
Library of Congress.
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