Birthday
1864-10-05
Deathday
1948-06-06
Place of Birth
Besançon, Doubs, France

Louis Lumière

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Biography

Louis Jean Lumière (1864–1948) was a French manufacturer of photography equipment. Along with his brother Auguste, he is 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.

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