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Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912).
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The Gaumont company, by way of Sidonie Dumas, takes an active approach to heritage by restoring the films in its catalog; true works of art that have inspired millions of viewers.
transforming it into a monumental cinema: the Gaumont-Palace, which became —for a time— the biggest cinema in the world. Gradually setting up cinemas across France, Gaumont became synonymous with an unprecedented mastery of the film production chain, from the manufacture of projection equipment to public distribution.
Léon Ernest Gaumont (French:; 10 May 1864 – 10 August 1946) was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. He founded the world's oldest operating film studio, Gaumont Film Company, and worked in partnership with Solax Studios. Biography
Films produced, distributed and/or released by the Gaumont Film Company .
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Gaumont recorded a film first, with the presentation of the world's first animated film, Fantasmagorie, in 1908. The company soon launched its own string of serial films, including the famous Fantomas series directed by Louis Feuillade, who had succeeded Alice Guy in 1907.
