1894 in film
See also: 19th century in film, other events of 1894, 1895 in film, list of 'years in film'.Events
- January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
- January 7 - Thomas Edison films his assistant, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetoscope at the "Black Maria."
- February 13 - Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector.
- April 14 - The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.
- Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.
- Kinetoscope viewing parlors begin to open in major cities. Each parlor contains several machines.
Births
- January 3 - Zazu Pitts, actress
- September 15 - Jean Renoir, director
- October 7 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director (+ 1970)