Auguste and Louis Lumière
The Lumière brothers (UK: /ˈluːmiɛər/, US: /ˌluːmiˈɛər/; French: [lymjɛːʁ]), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.
Auguste and Louis Lumière | |
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Auguste (left) and Louis | |
| Resting place | New Guillotière Cemetery |
| Alma mater | La Martiniere Lyon |
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| Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) |
| Auguste Lumière | |
| Born | Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière 19 October 1862 Besançon, France |
| Died | 10 April 1954 (aged 91) Lyon, France |
| Louis Lumière | |
| Born | Louis Francis Patrick Jean Lumière 5 October 1864 Besançon, France |
| Died | 6 June 1948 (aged 83) Bandol, France |
Their screening of a single film on 22 March 1895 for around 200 members of the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (Society for the Development of the National Industry) in Paris was probably the first presentation of projected film. Their first commercial public screening on 28 December 1895 for around 40 paying visitors and invited relations has traditionally been regarded as the birth of cinema. Either the techniques or the business models of earlier filmmakers proved to be less viable than the breakthrough presentations of the Lumières.