Alfred Machin
Alfred Machin was born on Apr 20, 1877 in France. Alfred Machin's big-screen debut came with Les héritiers de l'oncle James directed by Alfred Machin in 1924.
Alfred Machin started his film work as camera man for Pathe at the beginning of 20 Century. During 1907 and 1909 he was in Africa, shooting documentary shorts. In 1910 he worked at the Pathe studio in Nizza, in 1911 he was one of the founding directors of the Pathe-filiale in Amsterdam, in 1913 he was the same in Brussel. In 1913/14 he made the pazifistic Maudite Soit la Guerre, which was released two months before the outbreak of WW I. In 1921 he purchased the Pathe studio in Nizza, founded his own production company and made nine pictures, before he died in 1929.
Birthday
Apr 20, 1877Place of Birth
Blendecques, Pas-de-Calais, France
Movies & TV Shows
- 1927
director, writer
6.6 - 1924
Les héritiers de l'oncle James
director, writer