Founded by Richard Norman, and based out of Jacksonville, Florida, the Norman Film Manufactuting Company was one of the first while-owned production companies to start making race films following the release of DW Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation in 1915. Also known as Norman Studios, the production company made several notable race films between 1916 and 1928, including The Crimson Skull and The Flying Ace. Norman is perhaps best remembered for the 1921 film The Bull-Dogger, which featured world famous cowboy and rodeo star Bill Pickett.
