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Machin (other)
Machin may refer to: People * Alfred Machin (director) (1877–1929), French film director * Alfred Machin (writer) (born 1888), British writer on social evolution * Antonio Machín (1903–1977), Cuban singer and musician * Arnold Machin (1911–1999), British artist * Ernie Machin (1944–2012), British football player * Henry Machin (1832–1918), Quebec bureaucrat * John Machin (1680–1751), British mathematician * Mel Machin (born 1945), British football player and manager * Pablo Machín (born 1975), Spanish football player and manager * Peter Machin (footballer) (born 1883), English football player * Peter Machin (darts player) (born 1973), Australian darts player * Stuart Machin, CEO of Marks & Spencer * Tim N. Machin (died 1915), Lieutenant Governor of California, 1863-67 * Timothy Machin (born 1948), British cricketer * Vimael Machín (born 1993), Puerto Rican baseball player * W. H. Machin (fl. 1900–1905), British football player Characters * Henry "Denry" Machin, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Machin (director)
Alfred Machin (20 April 1877 – 16 June 1929) was a French actor and film director. He is remembered to have been one of the few French film directors whose films expressed progressive tendencies before World War I. He was also a pioneer of aerial filming. After 1920 Alfred Machin devoted himself to films of animals. Machin started his career as a press photographer for the magazine ''L'illustration''. He was then recruited by the film production company ''Pathé'' which sent him in 1907 to Africa where he realised in particular a large number of short films on wild animals. Machin was sent in 1909 by ''Pathé'' to The Netherlands to film scenes of Dutch life. In 1912, he was sent to Belgium where he took part in the creation of Pathé foreign subsidiary ''Belge Cinéma Film'' and directed a number of films including Belgium's first feature film ''Le Diamant noir'' ( :fr) and the anti-war film '' Maudite soit la guerre''. During World War I, Machin took part in the foundation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |