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page 1French cinema pioneers
Georges Méliès
French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
Auguste and Louis Lumière
French filmmakers

Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)

Abel Gance
French film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981)
Alice Guy-Blaché
French film director (1873–1968)

Pathé
Pathé SAS (; styled as PATHÉ!) is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe. Pathé is also the second-oldest operating film company, behind Gaumont, which was established in 1895.
Charles-Émile Reynaud
French inventor
Louis Le Prince
French artist and cinematographer, pioneer of cinema
Louis Feuillade
French film director of the silent era (1873-1925)
Charles Pathé
French businessman (1863–1957)
Léonce Perret
French movie director, screenwriter and actor (1880-1935)
Eugène Py
French-born Argentine film pioneer
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
French film director and writer (1862–1913)
Gaston Méliès
French film director (1852–1915)
Léon Bouly
French engineer and inventor of the cinematograph (1872–1932)
Bernard Natan
Franco-Romanian film director and actor (1886-1942)
Gaston Velle
French film director
Julienne Mathieu
French actress (1874-1943)