Actor, Film Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter, and Cinematographer. He was best known for his work on early documentary films as a photographer and filmmaker making educational and industrial films. He will be best remembered for his work with the inventor Thomas Edison on actuality films, a non-fiction film genre that, like the documentary film, uses footage of real events, places, and things. One of his most famous documentary films, "Emigrants Landing At Ellis Island" (1903), a short two-minute film was the first to record a ferryboat docking at Ellis Island with dozens of passengers disembarking. The film was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation in 2019. He was born in New York City, New York, as Alfred Camille Abadie to Joseph Abadie and his wife Josephine Abadie on December 9, 1878. He was educated locally and later pursued a career in film work. He began his career as a camera assistant to Canadian actor, film producer, film director, and cinematographer, James Henry White (1872-1944), at the Edison Manufacturing Company in New York City, New York, beginning in 1898. He was then sent overseas to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, where he began making actuality films possibly having been an attempt to keep up with similar subjects popularized by the Lumières beginning in 1903. He then returned to the United States sometime later and continued working with Thomas Alva Edison through 1904. Besides, "Emigrants Landing At Eilis Island" (1903), and "Birth" (1917), his other documentary film credits as an actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer, include, "What Happened On Twenty-Third Street, New York City" (1901), "The Great Train Robbery" (1903), "Turning The Tables" (1903), "Orphans In The Surf" (1903), "Baby Class At Lunch" (1903), "Move On" (1903), "Market Scene In Cairo Egypt" (1903), "The Great Fire Ruins, Coney Island" (1903), "Egyptian Fakir With Dancing Monkey" (1903), "Passengers Embarking From S.S. Augusta Victoria, At Beyrouth" (1903), "Washington Clothes At Sicily" (1903), "Tourists Taking Water From The River Jordan" (1903), "Tourists Starting On Donkeys For The Pyramids Of Sakkarah" (1903), "Tourists Returning On Donkeys From Mizpah" (1903), "Tourists Landing At Island Of Capri, Italy" (1903), "Tourists Embarking At Jaffa" (1903), "Street Scene At Jaffa" (1903), "Shearing A Donkey In Egypt" (1903), "Primitive Irrigation In Egypt" (1903), "Panoramic View Of Beyrouth, Syria, Showing Holiday Festivities" (1903), "Panorama Of Tivoli, Italy, Showing Seven Falls" (1903), "Lake Lucerne, Switzerland" (1903), "King Edward And President Loubet Reviewing French Troops" (1903), "King Edward's Visit To Paris" (1903), "Jerusalem's Busiest Street, Showing Mt. Zion" (1903), "Herd Of Sheep On The Road To Jerusalem" (1903), "Going To Market, Luxor Egypt" (1903), "Fording The River Nile On Donkeys" (1903), "Feeding Pigeons In Front Of St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, Italy" (1903), "Excavating Scene At The Pyramids Of Sakkarah" (1903), "Egyptian Market Scene" (1903), "Egyptian Boys In Swimming Race" (1903), "Eating Macaroni In The Streets Of Naples" (1903), "Crossing The Atlantic" (1903), "Arabian Jewish Dance" (1903), "A Jewish Dance At Jerusalem" (1903), "Razzle Dazzle" (1903), "Policemen's Prank On Their Comrade" (1903), "Miniature Railway At Wilmington Springs, Delaware" (1903), "A Scrap In Black And White" (1903), "Tub Race" (1903), "The Baby Review" (1903), "Rube And Fender" (1903), "Orphans In The Surf" (1903), "Maypole Dance" (1903), "Move On" (1903), "Flood Scene In Paterson, N.J" (1903), "Princeton And Yale Football Game" (1903), "Panorama Ruins From Water Front" (1904), "Panorama Of Ruins From Lombard And Charles Street" (1904), "Panorama Of Ruins From Baltimore And Charles Street" (1904), "Panorama Of Ruins From Lombard And Hanover Streets, Baltimore, Md." (1904), "Western Stage Coach Hold Up" (1904), "War Canoe Race" (1904), "Rounding Up And Branding Cattle" (1904), "Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships" (1904), "Annual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J." (1904), "Driving Cattle To Pasture" (1904), "Cowboys And Indians Fording River In A Wagon" (1904), "Capsized Boat" (1904), "Bucking Broncos" (1904), "A Brush Between Cowboys And Indians" (1904), "Parade, Mystic Shriners, Atlantic City, New Jersey" (1904), "Outing, Mystic Shriners, Atlantic City, New Jersey" (1904), "Elephants Shooting The Chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island, No. 2" (1904), "Judge Parker Receiving The Notification Of His Nomination For The Presidency" (1904), "Railroad Smashup" (1904), and "Herding Horses Across A River" (1904). He continued to work after leaving the employment of Thomas Alva Edison as a freelance filmmaker and photographer until his death. One of his best-known and last documentaries was the film, "Birth" (1917), which is the first film of the birth of a baby. On an interesting note, his nickname was "Primo." He passed away in San Francisco, California, on January 1, 1950, at the age of 71. Following his death, his funeral service was held at the Halsted and Co. Mortuary in San Francisco, California, and a Mass of Requiem was held in his memory at the St. Brigid's Church in San Francisco, California, and following the funeral service he was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California. He was married in San Francisco, California, on January 2, 1914, to Natalie Evaline Harris Abadie (1881-1975), and they were together until his death on January 1, 1950. The couple had no children together. His wife Natalie passed away in San Francisco, California, on April 16, 1975, at the age of 94, and she was buried with him in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California.