Eclair (company)
Eclair, formerly Laboratoires Eclair, was a film production, film laboratory, and movie camera manufacturing company established in Épinay-sur-Seine, France by Charles Jourjon in 1907. What remains of the business is a unit of Ymagis Group offering creative and distribution services for the motion pictures industries across Europe and North America such as editing, color grading, restoration, digital and theatrical delivery, versioning.
| Industry | Motion picture production company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Paris-Vanves, France |
Number of locations | London, UK Vanves, France Berlin, Germany New York City, USA Karlsruhe, Germany Madrid, Spain Barcelona, Spain Liège, Belgium Rabat, Morocco |
Key people | Charles Jourjon |
The company produced many silent shorts in France starting in 1908, and soon thereafter in America. The American division produced films from 1911-1914 such as Robin Hood, one of the first filmed versions of the classic story in 1912.
Deutsche Eclair, now Decla Film, was established as its German studio branch. In 1909, Eclair took part in the Paris Film Congress, an attempt by major European producers to form a cartel similar to the MPPC in America.
Originally a production company, Eclair started building cameras in 1912. The company is made up of two entities: Eclair Cinema and Eclair Media.