caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_name other_names birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
in 1916 19 november 1924 '' beverly hills , california uss oneida '' or 1051 benedict canyon , 1897 -- 1924 newport , rhode island , united states thomas harper ince '' father of the western '' creator of the hollywood studio system '' '' 16 november 1882 elinor kershaw -lrb- m. 1907 -- 1924 -rrb- file : thomas h. ince.jpg thomas h. ince
 thomas h. ince studio actor mogul , producer , director , screenwriter ,
thomas h. ince

thomas h. ince -lrb- november 16 , 1882 -- november 19 , 1924 -rrb- was an american silent film producer , director , screenwriter , and actor .
he revolutionized the motion picture industry by creating the first major hollywood studio facility and invented many mechanisms of professional movie production by introducing the `` assembly line '' system of filmmaking after being the first mogul to build his own film studio , dubbed `` inceville , '' in palisades highlands .
he was also instrumental in developing the role of the producer in motion pictures .
known as the `` father of the western '' he was responsible for making over 800 films .
two of them : `` the italian '' -lrb- 1915 -rrb- , for which he wrote the screenplay , and `` civilization '' -lrb- 1916 -rrb- , which he directed , were selected for preservation by the national film registry .
he partnered with d.w. griffith and mack sennett to form the famous triangle motion picture company whose studios are the present-day site of sony pictures .
he then built his own studio , the present-day site of culver studios .
ince is also famous for his mysterious and untimely death aboard the private yacht of media tycoon william randolph hearst just as he was about to join forces with hearst 's international film corporation .
