Wilfred A. Fredrickson

Wilfred Adam Fredrickson (born Wilhelm Adams Fredrik; April 5, 1868 - January 19, 1930) was a Swedish-American film director, producer and aviator, he directed and produced over 50 movies and short films durring his lifetime in the silent and early sound era, He began directing films in his native Sweden before moving to the Hollywood, California in 1917, at the dawn of the American film industry, where he adopted his later name, and made various movies and shorts at his own studio (located in his own apartment) with First National Pictures handling the distribution.

Fredrickson also often purchased rights to features and shorts made abroad, making him a pioneer in the distribution of World Cinema in the United States, among the films he picked up included The Haunted Castle, Master of the House and The Adventures of Maya the Bee (released as Bees in the US). but his most well known contribution was Wilhelm's Little Souvenirs, which showcased different animated shorts from around the world.

Following Warner Bros.' purchase of First National in 1928, Fredrickson was more than eager to jump on the new innovation of sound film, but only made 2 talkies, Our Wild Plumber and Jewels, (a remake of his own 1916 Swedish film) both released in 1929. on January 19, 1930, Fredtickson died in a car crash at Santa Monica, his death was ruled as a result of drunk driving. His grandson, Garrett Fredrickson, would go on to be a famous director in Animated films.

Early life
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Career in Sweden
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Move to Hollywood
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Death
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Filmography

 * Nightmares (1909)
 * The Antler (1909)
 * The Circus Comes to Town (1910) lost
 * The Giant Spider (1910)
 * Jack the Ripper in Stockholm (1910) lost
 * Mountainside Romance (1910) partially found
 * Boulder (1911)
 * War of the Little Worlds (1911)
 * The Cook (1911) lost
 * Man Against Sea (1911)
 * How the Brain Operates (1912)
 * The Dawn of Man (1912)
 * Phone Operator (1912) lost
 * A Trip Through Sweden (1912)
 * Goblins (1912)
 * A Trip Through Denmark (1913)
 * The Gladiator Duel (1913)
 * A Trip Through Norway (1913)
 * The Skull (1913)
 * A Trip Through Holland (1913)
 * Enemy of the World: Part 1 (1913)
 * Enemy of the World: Part 2 (1913)
 * A Trip Through Russia (1914)
 * Heaven (1914)
 * The House (1914)
 * Butcher of Berlin (1914) partly-lost
 * Framed for Murder (1914)
 * Dynamite (1914)
 * Life, First Part: Childhood (1914)
 * Life, Second Part: Adulthood (1914)
 * Life, Third Part: Elderhood (1915)
 * Party at the Garden (1915)
 * Dogfight (1915)
 * The Magic Cat (1915)
 * Trouble in the Seven Seas (1915)
 * Ghosts (1915)
 * Jewels (1916)
 * Killer on the Loose (1916)
 * The Automobile that Went Crazy (1916)
 * A Man Who Could Fly (1916)
 * A Murder (1916) last film he made in Sweden before moving to Hollywood
 * Baron Bean (1917) first film made after moving to Hollywood
 * The Experiment (1917) partly-lost, all films from this point survive
 * The First of Us (1917) First film under his production company
 * Robot Man (1917)
 * A Fickle Mistress of Paris (1918)
 * Lord Jeffery and his Very Bad Night (1918)
 * A Cowboy in Germany (1918)
 * Bomb! (1918)
 * Forgotten Figures of '76 (1918)
 * The Dirty Wobbly (1919)
 * A Romance of the High Seas (1919)
 * My First Years in Sweden (1919) compilation film REST TBA