Louis Lumière

Born October 5, 1864· Besançon, Doubs, France

† Died June 6, 1948

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Emerging from a family of photographers, Louis Lumière received his technical education at the Martinière Technical School, graduating at the top of his class. At seventeen he devised a dry-plate film-development process that dramatically expanded his father's business, eventually supporting a factory capable of producing fifteen million plates annually. Inspired by Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, he…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.