Carl Frederick Ackerman[1] (17 June 1873 – 4 April 1938), also known as Raymond Ackerman, was an American journalist and early filmmaker.
Ackerman was from Syracuse, New York,[2] and was the sports editor for the Syracuse Standard.[3] His work included actuality films including from the Philippines during wartime in 1900 and from China during the Boxer Rebellion era. He worked for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.[4]
In the Philippines, Ackerman filmed Filipino Cockfight, the Battle of Mt. Arayat (Mount Ariat), and other scenes.[5] He was sent to cover the U.S. fight against an independence movement.[6]
In 1901, Ackerman toured the United States with journalist Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard making presentations about the Boxer Rebellion and China.[7]
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edit- ^ U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917–1918
- ^ "Fred Ackerman Home from the Philippines – Guerilla Warfare May Be Carried on for Years – Former Syracuse Newspaper Man Tells of Native Cruelty. Going to South Africa". The Buffalo Review. Buffalo, New York. May 25, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "What Our Typewriter Says". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. 3 August 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines". Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
- ^ Deocampo, Nick (November 22, 2017). "Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines". Anvil Publishing, Incorporated – via Google Books.
- ^ Musser, Charles (May 4, 1994). The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520085336 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema". www.victorian-cinema.net.