
Norman Studios
About Norman Studios
Norman Studios, also known as Norman Film Manufacturing Company, is a former American film studio in Jacksonville, Florida. Founded by Richard Edward Norman, the studio produced silent films featuring African-American casts from 1919 to 1928. The only surviving studio from the period of early filmmaking in Jacksonville, its facilities are now the Norman Studios Silent Film Museum.
One of the most prominent studios creating films for Black audiences in the silent era, Norman's films featured all-Black casts with protagonists in positive roles. These were part of the genre of race films. During its run it produced eight feature length films and numerous shorts; its only surviving film, The Flying Ace, has been restored by the Library of Congress. The studio transitioned to distribution and promotion after the rise of talking pictures made its technology obsolete, and eventually closed. In the 21st century, the studio's facilities were restored and re-purposed as a museum.
On October 31, 2016, the location was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 3 miles of Norman Studios; the closest, Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery, is about 1.4 miles away.



