1890 in film



The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Events

 * The first moving pictures were developed on celluloid film by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, in Hyde Park, London in 1889. The process was patented in 1890.
 * William K. L. Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.

Films

 * London's Trafalgar Square, directed by William Carr Croft and Wordsworth Donisthorpe.
 * Monkeyshines, No. 1 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890, Monkeyshines, No. 2 and Monkeyshines, No. 3, directed by William K. L. Dickson.
 * Mosquinha, directed by Étienne-Jules Marey.
 * Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea, directed by William Friese-Greene.

Deaths

 * c. September 16 – Louis Le Prince, French film pioneer, director of Roundhay Garden Scene (born 1842)
 * c. December 21 – Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish Actress, dies at 78 (born 1812)