The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company.
- Thomas Edison closes "America's First Movie Studio", the Black Maria.
Films released in 1901
- Alfred Butterworth And Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- The Big Swallow, directed by James Williamson
- Bluebeard, directed by Georges Méliès
- A Busy Corner at Armour's
- A Chinese Market
- A Close Call
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph, directed by Robert W. Paul
- Cunard Vessel At Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Dream and Reality, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Fire!, directed by James Williamson
- The Gans-McGovern Fight
- History of a Crime, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- Jamaica Street, Glasgow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Kansas Saloon Smashers, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- Lord Roberts' Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- The Man with the Rubber Head, directed by Georges Melies
- Manchester Band Of Hope Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Manchester Street Scene, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- North Sea Fisheries, North Shields, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Panoramic View Of The Morecambe Sea Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Parkgate Iron And Steel Co., Rotherham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Peeping Tom, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- Pendlebury Colliery, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Pendlebury Spinning Co., produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- President McKinley Inauguration Footage (Taking the Oath)
- Preston Egg Rolling, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Race For The Muriatti Cup, Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Royal Proclamation Of The Death Of Queen Victoria, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, directed by Walter R. Booth
- Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- A Sneaky Boer, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Star Theatre, directed by Frederick S. Armitage
- Stop Thief!, directed by James Williamson
- Torpedo Flotilla Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Trapeze Disrobing Act, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- University Procession On Degree Day, Birmingham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, directed by Edwin S. Porter
Births
Deaths
- May 9 - Charles Chaplin, Sr., actor and father of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1863)
- June 2 - James A. Herne, actor playwright. Some of his works such as Shore Acres adapted into silent films. also father of screenwriter Julie Herne and actress Chrystal Herne (b. 1839)