Edward Ullman

Edward Goldsmith Ullman (born July 3, 1867 or 1869 in Natchez, Mississippi; died February 8, 1940 in Hollywood, California) was a photographer and a pioneering cinematographer.

Ullman was the oldest son of hardware dealer Samuel Ullman and his wife, Emma.

He began working in motion pictures by 1904. He was employed by the Reliance Motion Picture Corporation in 1910 and was one of the first cinematographers for the newly-founded Majestic Motion Picture Company in 1911. By 1913 he had moved to Universal Pictures, and was named manager of its cinematography department in July 1916.

From 1913 to 1916 Ullman was the first president of the Static Club of America (later the Cinema Camera Club of California), which lobbied for camera operators to receive credits on film.

In 1929 Ullman had found another career as an employee of the New York Life Insurance Company. He died in Los Angeles in 1940 and was cremated.

Notable films

• "As in a Looking Glass" (1911), Biograph Company, D. W. Griffith, director
• "Lucille Love, The Girl of Mystery" (1914)
• "Let Us Have Peace" (1914)
• "Father and the Boys" (1915), Christie Film Company, Joe De Grasse, director
• "The Purple Mask" (1916)
• "The Grand Passion" (1918), Ida May Park, director
• "The Wildcat of Paris" (1918), Christie Film Company, Joe De Grasse, director
• "Out of the Night" (1918)
• "A Society Sensation" (1918)
• "A Broadway Scandal" (1918), Christie Film Company, Joe De Grasse, director
• "The Blinding Trail" (1919), Christie Film Company, Paul Powell, director
• "Two A.M." (1919), Christie Film Company
• "Little White Savage" (1919), Christie Film Company, Paul Powell, director
• "Back from the Front" (1920), Christie Film Company
• "A Home Spun Hero" (1920), Christie Film Company
• "Hey Rube" (1921), Christie Film Company
• "The Winking Idol" (1926), Universal Pictures, Francis Ford, director
• "Home James" (1928)

References

• "Edward Ullman, Pioneer Cinematographer; Now a Forgotten Man" (September 15, 2014) Classic Film Aficianados - accessed February 3, 2023