Gilbert P. Hamilton was an American film company executive and
director. He worked at Essanay as a cinematographer, headed the St.
Louis Motion Picture Company, and then launched the Albuquerque Motion
Picture Company.Jack L. Warner described him as a tall sunburned
Englishman with walrus mustache and thick accent "like a Kipling
character".As a cinematographer, Hamilton collaborated with playwright
and actor Lawrence Lee at Essanay in 1908. His move away from St.
Louis Motion Picture Company came after it acquired Frontier Pictures
and relocated to Santa Paula, California. Dot Farley followed him to
his new studio Albuquerque.
director. He worked at Essanay as a cinematographer, headed the St.
Louis Motion Picture Company, and then launched the Albuquerque Motion
Picture Company.Jack L. Warner described him as a tall sunburned
Englishman with walrus mustache and thick accent "like a Kipling
character".As a cinematographer, Hamilton collaborated with playwright
and actor Lawrence Lee at Essanay in 1908. His move away from St.
Louis Motion Picture Company came after it acquired Frontier Pictures
and relocated to Santa Paula, California. Dot Farley followed him to
his new studio Albuquerque.
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