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Auguste Lumière
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French inventor (1862–1954)
Film & TV
Besançon, Doubs, France
Auguste Lumière (1862–1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis invented an animated photographic camera and projection device, the cinematograph, which met with worldwide success.
Known for
- The Lumière Brothers' First Films — Himself1996
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
- ViennaFilm 1896-1976 — Self (archive footage)1977
- Le Cinématographe Lumière — Self1945
- Demolition of a Wall — Himself1896
- Radeau avec baigneurs — Himself1896
- Women Fighting — The Man1896
- Baby's Meal — Self1895
- The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon — Himself1895
- Fishing for Goldfish — Himself (uncredited)1895
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Auguste and Louis Lumière
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Besançon
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Lyon
- Father
- Antoine Lumière
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- Société Lumière
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- WWII Axis collaboration in France
- Image
- Auguste Lumière.jpg
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- name in native language
- Auguste Lumière
- birth name
- Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière
- date of birth
- 1862-10-19
- date of death
- 1954-04-10
- Commons category
- Auguste Lumière
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Commons Creator page
- Auguste Lumière
- partner in business or sport
- Louis Lumière
- P8168
- Battle of Dreux
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