Iwan Serrurier
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Iwan Serrurier is a Dutch-born electrical engineer notable for inventing the Moviola.
[edit] Career
Iwan Serrurier moved to the U.S. at the turn of the century. He settled with his wife Catharina in Pasadena, California where he sold real estate and work for the Southern Pacific Railroad as a draftsman. Around 1917, Iwan got the idea for a home movie projector which he called the "Moviola" since it was a similar concept to a Victrola. The device was hard to sell to a home user since it cost $600 in 1920. An editor at Douglas Fairbanks Studios suggested that Iwan should adapt the device for use by film editors. Serrurier did this and the Moviola as an editing device was born in 1924.
In 1946 Iwan Serrurier's son Mark Serrurier took over as president of Moviola Co., Iwan’s company. In 1979, Mark accepted a special Academy Award for Technical Achievement for himself and Iwan Serrurier for their special contribution to movie editing.
