Discover cinematographer, amateur photographer Maurits Binger

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: Binger, Maurits Herman

Qualifications: cinematographer, amateur photographer
Binger considered himself an amateur photographer (Leijerzapf et al. 1984–)

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Haarlem (city) 1868/1898-04-05
1868!

Deceased: Wiesbaden (city) 1923-04-09

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of photographer and lithographer Charles Binger (Leijerzapf et al. 1984–)

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Polygoon

In 1919 a split-off of a group of employees from Binger's Filmfabriek Hollandia led to the establishment of Polygoon (Leijerzapf et al. 1984–).

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Parijs 1883 - 1891
went to Paris to be trained in photography and printing processes; was eight years abroad; made several trips to Nice, Monte Carlo, London and Berlin; ; Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–
Haarlem (stad) 1912 - 1923
Together with Daniel de Clercq, Binger set up the NV Society for Scientific Cinematography and the NV Society for Artistic Cinematography; these were merged in 1913 and from 1914 were called NV filmfabriek Hollandia. In 1919, a division of a group of employees led to the establishment of Polygoon. In the year of Binger's death, Filmfabriek Hollandia went bankrupt; Leijerzapf et al. 1984–

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