Louis Lumière

Director

Born: October 5, 1864 (83 years old)

Died: June 6, 1948

Place of birth: Besançon, Doubs, France

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.

Filmography (262)

• Snowball Fight (1897, ★ 6.5)
• The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896, ★ 7.1)
• Panorama of the Grand Canal Taken from a Boat (1896, ★ 6.1)
• Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895, ★ 6.7)
• The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895, ★ 6.8)
• Bocal aux poissons rouges (1897, ★ 5.1)
• Bassin des Tuileries (1896, ★ 5.1)
• Panorama des rives de la Seine à Paris, III (1897, ★ 4.8)
• Le retour, Place de l'Etoile (1899, ★ 5.1)
• Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat (1899, ★ 5.5)
• Children Digging for Clams (1896, ★ 5.1)
• The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898, ★ 5.5)
• Bicyclist (1896, ★ 6)
• The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1897, ★ 4.9)
• New York: Broadway at Union Square (1896, ★ 5)
• Procession to Princess Maud's Wedding (1896, ★ 4.8)
• Fête au village (1896, ★ 4.9)
• Rentrée à l'étable (1896, ★ 5.1)
• London, Cinematography Entry (1896, ★ 5.5)
• New York, Whitehall Street (1896, ★ 4.9)
• Transformation by Hats (1895, ★ 5.8)
• Baby's First Steps (1896, ★ 5.7)
• The Mechanical Butcher (1895, ★ 5.7)
• Writing Backwards (1896, ★ 5.8)
• Sortie d'usine, [III] (1896, ★ 5.7)
• Serpentine Dance (1897, ★ 6.5)
• Evian: Procession de la Fête-Dieu I (1898, ★ 4.6)
• The Oil Gush in Balakhany (1899, ★ 4.5)
• Voitures automobiles (1896, ★ 4.7)
• Jongleur javanais (1896, ★ 4.6)