Louis Lumiére
Louis Lumiére, along with his brother Auguste Lumière, invented the Cinématographe motion picture system and produced short films between 1895 and 1905.
Inventor
October 5, 1864
Libra
June 06, 1948
83
Besanéon, France
Louis Lumiére and his brother Auguste were French inventors and pioneers in the fields of photography and filmmaking. They are renowned for creating the Cinématographe, a motion-picture camera that debuted in 1895. Some of their most famous works include early motion pictures such as “Workers Leaving the Lumiére Factory” and “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station.” The Lumiére brothers also developed and patented the Autochrome Lumiére, the first commercially viable color photography process. Louis, an amateur magician, incorporated magic tricks into some of their early films, including “The Vanishing Lady” and “The Magician.” The brothers produced short films using their Cinématographe system between 1895 and 1905.