Alfred Henry Whitehouse (15 September 1856 – 7 April 1929) was a notable New Zealand motion picture exhibitor and producer. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in 1856.[1]
Whitehouse produced the earliest New Zealand films being from the first of December 1898, the Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition,[2] and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse.[1]
Whitehouse in 1895, became the first person to exhibit motion pictures in New Zealand by using of Edison kinetoscopes.[1] In 1898 Whitehouse imported a camera and employed photographer W. H. Bartlett to operate the camera.[1] By mid 1900 Whitehouse had produced about 10 films.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Sowry, Clive. "Alfred Henry Whitehouse". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "First movie shot in New Zealand". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1 December 1898.