Louis Lumière
An image from The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, one of the productions that also features Louis Lumière.
Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière

October 5, 1864 — Besançon, Doubs, France

The Lumière brothers were the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph in 1895, which in contrast to Edison's "peepshow" kinetoscope allowed simultaneous viewing by multiple parties. Their first film, Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon, shot the same year, is considered the first true motion picture that was publicly screened on December 28, 1895 at the Salon indien du Grand Café in Paris. The event that gave birth to cinema.

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

1896

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

1895

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

1895

Baby's Meal

Baby's Meal

1895

Demolition of a Wall

Demolition of a Wall

1896

Snowball Fight

Snowball Fight

1897

The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon

The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon

1895

The Sea

The Sea

1895