American filmmaker
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Carl Frederick Ackerman [ 1] (17 June 1873 – 4 April 1938), also known as Raymond Ackerman , was an American journalist and early filmmaker.
Ackerman was from Syracuse, New York ,[ 2] and was the sports editor for the Syracuse Standard .[ 3]
His work included actuality films including from the Philippines during wartime in 1900 and from China during the Boxer Rebellion era. He worked for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company .[ 4]
In the Philippines, Ackerman filmed Filipino Cockfight , the Battle of Mt. Arayat (Mount Ariat ), and other scenes.[ 5] He was sent to cover the U.S. fight against an independence movement.[ 6]
In 1901, Ackerman toured the United States with journalist Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard making presentations about the Boxer Rebellion and China.[ 7]
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References
^ U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917–1918
^ "Fred Ackerman Home from the Philippines – Guerilla Warfare May Be Carried on for Years – Former Syracuse Newspaper Man Tells of Native Cruelty. Going to South Africa" . The Buffalo Review . Buffalo, New York . May 25, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
^ "What Our Typewriter Says" . The Buffalo Enquirer . Buffalo, New York . 3 August 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2020 .
^ Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines" . Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
^ Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines" . Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
^ Musser, Charles (May 4, 1994). The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 . University of California Press. ISBN 9780520085336 – via Google Books.
^ "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema" . www.victorian-cinema.net .
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