Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

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Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

Born 1841-08-28 Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France 1 films

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. A Frenchman who also worked in the United Kingdom and the United States, Le Prince conducted his ground-breaking work in 1888 in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In October 1888, Le Prince filmed moving picture sequences, Roundhay Garden Scene and Traffic C…

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1 films
EQUITY 6928 poster

At the dawn of cinema and the notion of a moving image, a fierce battle commenced between inventors…

EQUITY 6928

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