1890 in film explained

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.

London's Trafalgar Square,^[1] 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.

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	10		Italy	Actress
30		Germany	Actor
February	17		US	Producer
18		US	Actor
18		US	Actor
24		US	Actress
March	3		US	Actor
17		US	Actor
20		US	Actress	1971
April	26		US	Actor
May	7		France	Director
23		UK	Actor
June	1		US	Actor
10		US	Director
14		US	Actress
16		UK	Actor
18		Sweden	Actor, screenwriter, director
25		US	Actress, dancer
August	2		US	Actress
22		South Africa	Actor
27		US	Photographer, Director
September	4		Denmark	Actor, director
4		Sweden	Singer, Actress, Composer, Director
October	1		US	Actress
1		UK	Actor
2		US	Comedian, Actor
3		US	Actor
6		US	Actor
November	20		US	Actor

c. September 16 – Louis Le Prince, French film pioneer, director of Roundhay Garden Scene (born 1842)