1894 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
Events
- January 7
- * William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
- * Dickson and William Heise film their colleague, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetograph at Edison's Black Maria studio.
- April 14 – The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.
- June 6 - Charles Francis Jenkins projects a filmed motion picture before an audience in Richmond, Indiana. Earliest documented projection of a motion picture.
- Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.
- Kinetoscope viewing parlors begin to open in major cities. Each parlor contains several machines.
- Birt Acres creates a 70 mm format, which he first uses to shoot the Henley Royal Regatta.
Notable films released in 1894
Birt Acres
- Crows on Saffron Hill
- ''Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex''
Charles-Émile Reynaud
- Autour d'une cabine
- ''Rêve au coin du feu''
Étienne-Jules Marey
- Falling Cat
- ''Chat en Chute Libre''
William K. L. Dickson
- Alleni's Boxing Monkeys
- Amateur Gymnast, No. 2
- Annabelle Butterfly Dance, starring Annabelle Moore
- Annabelle Sun Dance, starring Annabelle Moore
- Annie Oakley, starring Annie Oakley
- Armand D'Ary, starring Armand D'Ary
- Athlete with Wand
- Babies in High Chairs
- Band Drill
- A Bar Room Scene
- The Barbershop
- Bertoldi , starring Ena Bertoldi
- Bertoldi , starring Ena Bertoldi
- Boxing, starring Jack McAuliffe
- The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
- Bucking Broncho, starring Lee Martin
- Buffalo Bill, starring William F. Cody
- Buffalo Dance, starring Hair Coat, Parts His Hair and Last Horse
- Caicedo , starring Juan A. Caicedo
- Caicedo , starring Juan A. Caicedo
- Carmencita, starring Carmencita
- The Carnival Dance, starring Madge Crossland, May Lucas and Lucy Murray
- Chinese Laundry Scene, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Phil Doreto and Robetta
- Chinese Opium Den
- The Cock Fight
- Cock Fight, No. 2
- Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph, starring James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney
- Cupid's Dance, starring Florence Ewer, Lenora Ewer and Mildred Ewer
- Dance, starring Rosa France, Frank Lawton and Etta Williamson
- Dance du Ventre
- The Dickson Experimental Sound Film
- Dogs Fighting
- Edison Employee Picnic
- Fancy Club Swinger, starring John R. Abell
- Finale of 1st Act, Hoyt's 'Milk White Flag
- Fire Rescue Scene
- Fred Ott Holding a Bird, starring Fred Ott
- Fred Ott's Sneeze, starring Fred Ott
- French Dancers
- Glenroy Bros., (no. 2)
- Hadj Cheriff, starring Hadji Cheriff
- Highland Dance
- The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight, starring Eugene Hornbacker and Murphy
- Human Pyramid, starring Saleem Nassar
- Imperial Japanese Dance, starring the Sarashe Sisters
- Lady Fencers , starring Louise Blanchard and Helen Englehart
- Lady Fencers
- Lasso Exhibition, starring Frank Hammitt and Lee Martin
- Lasso Thrower, starring Vicente Oropeza
- Leonard–Cushing Fight, starring Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard
- Luis Martinetti, Contortionist, starring Luis Martinetti
- Man of a Thousand Faces, starring George Layman
- May Lucas, starring May Lucas
- Men on Parallel Bars
- Mexican Knife Duel, starring Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio Gonzales
- Miss Lucy Murray, starring Lucy Murray
- Mlle. Capitaine, starring Alciede Capitaine
- Organ Grinder, No. 1
- Organ Grinder, No. 2
- Oriental Dance, starring Rosa
- The Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show, starring Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver and Walter Wilkins
- Rat Killing
- Rats and Terrier No. 2
- Rats and Terrier No. 3
- Rats and Weasel
- Ruth Dennis, starring Ruth St. Denis
- Sandow, starring Eugen Sandow
- Sheik Hadji Tahar, starring Sheik Hadji Tahar
- Sioux Ghost Dance
- Summersault Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff
- Sword Combat, starring Najid and Saleem Nassar
- Topack and Steele, starring George W. Steele and George Topack
- Toyou Kichi, starring Toyou Kichi
- Trained Bears
- Trapeze
- Unsuccessful Somersault
- Walton and Slavin, starring John Slavin and Charles F. Walton
- Whirlwind Gunspinning, starring Hadj Lessik
- The Widder, starring Isabelle Coe
- Wonderful Performing Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff
- The Wrestling Dog, starring Henry Welton
- ''Wrestling Match''
Films directed by other filmmakers
- Miss Jerry, directed by Alexander Black, starring by Blanche Bayliss, William Courtenay and Chauncey Depew.