Person
Auguste Lumière
- Specialty
- Production
- Birth
- October 19, 1862 · 91 years
- Death
- April 10, 1954
- Origin
- Besançon, Doubs, France
Technical Alias
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière
Professional Trajectory
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.
