Segundo de Chomón, BY Joana and Keyla
SEGUNDO DE CHOMON
Teruel Segundo de Chomon y Ruiz (1871-1929) was an Aragonese film pioneer who worked in Paris for Pathe from 1905-1910. His association with Pathe began in 1901 when from Barcelona he hand-tinted Pathe releases, & his own earliest works from 1902 were distributed in France by Pathe.
He moved to Paris to assist other pioneer filmmakers & continued as well to make films of his own. He invented the “film dolly” in 1907 while at Pathe. The films on which he is credited as photographer really amount to co-direction. He also wrote scripts for other directors as well as for his own films.
He returned to Barcelona in 1910 where he worked with Juan Fuster on several short-shorts, & in 1911 made travel documentaries in Spain for Pathe & briefly ran his own film company called Iberica, with Pathe as his distributor.
We think that his creations are very interesting and excited. His work is nothing like stop motions videos that are created in our times. One that was very interesting was the video Electric hotel.
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