Fred Ott 's Sneeze - wikipedia Fred Ott 's Sneeze Fred Ott 's Sneeze Directed by William K.L. Dickson Produced by William K.L. Dickson Starring Fred Ott Distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company Release date January 9, 1894 ( 1894 - 01 - 09 ) Running time 5 seconds Country United States Language Silent Fred Ott 's Sneeze ( also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze ) is an 1894 American, short, black - and - white, silent documentary film shot by William K.L. Dickson and starring Fred Ott. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States. In the five - second film one of Thomas Edison 's assistants, Fred Ott, takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. According to the Library of Congress, `` It was filmed for publicity purposes as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper 's Weekly. '' In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it `` culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. '' Contents 1 Production 2 Current status 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Production The film was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, which had begun making films in 1890 under the direction of Dickson, one of the earliest film pioneers. It was filmed within the Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey, in the USA, which was U.S. first movie studio. It was filmed between January 2, 1894 and January 7, 1894 and was displayed, at the time, through the means of a Kinetoscope. Current status 45 paper prints made from individual frames of the film. As a film produced prior to 1923, its copyright has now expired and the work is in the public domain. Originally, the film was submitted to the Library of Congress as a `` paper print '' ( a photographic record of each frame of the film ) for copyright purposes. A digital copy is now kept by the Library of Congress and can be viewed on their American Memory website. This short film has been featured at The 30th Annual Academy Awards, and was included as part of the TV documentary. The First 100 Years : A Celebration of American Movies See also 1894 in film References Jump up ^ `` A Sneeze Caught on Film ''. American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Retrieved 2007 - 03 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Library of Congress American Memory ''. Retrieved 2007 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Mike Barnes ( December 16, 2015 ). `` ' Ghostbusters, ' ' Top Gun, ' ' Shawshank ' Enter National Film Registry ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Internet Movie Database Movie Connections ''. Retrieved 2007 - 03 - 17. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Ott 's Sneeze. Library of Congress Video of Fred Ott 's Sneeze YouTube Fred Ott 's Sneeze on IMDb Fred Ott 's Sneeze at AllMovie Evina, Frank ( October 2004 ). `` Copyright Lore '' ( PDF ). Copyright Notices. U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved June 6, 2011. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_Ott%27s_Sneeze&oldid=817574596 '' Categories : 1894 films American films American documentary films American black - and - white films American silent short films Thomas Edison Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson Films shot in New Jersey 1890s documentary films Black - and - white documentary films United States National Film Registry films Edison Manufacturing Company films Hidden categories : Articles containing video clips Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Nederlands Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Polski Português Qaraqalpaqsha Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Edit links This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 07 : 19. About Wikipedia

Question: this inventor co-created the film fred ott’s sneeze
Answer: Edison; Fred Ott