About A.O. Segerberg
Lived 1881 – 1941 (aged 59–60). A.O. Segerberg was an Australian cinematographer.
Albert Oscar Segerberg (188113 July 1941) was an Australian cameraman. He began shooting films as early as 1896, and later worked as a cameraman for Pathé Frères, the Australian Photo-Play Company and the Fraser brothers. He shot large numbers of newsreels, and industrial and educational documentaries, including his own series, Australia at Work.
Segerberg claimed to have taken the first moving pictures in Australia at the 1896 Melbourne Cup and shown it in the Opera House, Melbourne.
Selected filmography Cooee and the Echo (1912) Whose Was the Hand? (1912) The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush (1912) The Rebel (1915) The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916) The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show (1917) The Hayseeds Come to Sydney (1917) The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup (1918) A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 (1918)
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Who was A.O. Segerberg?
Australian cinematographer
When was A.O. Segerberg born?
A.O. Segerberg was born in 1881.
When did A.O. Segerberg die?
A.O. Segerberg died on 13 July 1941 in North Sydney.
What was A.O. Segerberg's occupation?
A.O. Segerberg was a cinematographer.
What nationality was A.O. Segerberg?
A.O. Segerberg was Australian.
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