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Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Directing
28 Aug 1841
† 16 Sept 1890
Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
Biography
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. A Frenchman who also worked in the United Kingdom and the United States, Le Prince conducted his ground-breaking work in 1888 in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In October 1888, Le Prince filmed moving picture sequences, Roundhay Garden Scene and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, using his single-l...
Also Known As
Louis Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin Leprince, Augustin Le Prince
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