Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 28, 1841, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
- Died
- September 16, 1890
- Movies
- 5
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-lens camera and Eastman's paper film. These were several years before the work of competing inventors such as Auguste and Louis Lumière or Thomas Edison.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | EQUITY 6928 | Self (Archive) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1888 | Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge | Director |
| 1888 | Accordion Player | Director, Producer |
| 1888 | Roundhay Garden Scene | Director |
| 1887 | Man Walking Around a Corner | Director, Producer |
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