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  1. The Lumière brothers (UK: / ˈ l uː m i ɛər /, US: / ˌ l uː m i ˈ ɛər /; French:), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which ...

  2. Lumière brothers, were French inventors and pioneer manufacturers of photographic equipment who devised an early motion-picture camera and projector called the Cinématographe (“cinema” is derived from this name). Auguste Lumière (b. October 19, 1862, Besançon, France—d. April 10, 1954, Lyon) and his brother Louis Lumière (b.

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  3. Oct 3, 2014 · In 1881, 17-year-old Louis invented a new “dry plate” process of developing film, which boosted his father’s business enough to fuel the opening of a new factory in the Lyon suburbs. By 1894 ...

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  4. Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) [1] 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. Lumière was born in Besançon.

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    • 10 April 1954 (aged 91), Lyon, France
  5. Feb 22, 2019 · Action! How the Lumière brothers invented the movies. In 1895, Louis and Auguste Lumière gave birth to the big screen thanks to their revolutionary camera and projector, the Cinématographe ...

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  7. After leading lives filled with radical inventions and accomplishments, Louis passed away on June 6, 1948 and Auguste followed on April 10, 1954. Today the Musee Lumiere at the Institut Lumiere, a museum exhibiting the accomplishments of the brothers, is housed on the site of the Lumiére factories in Lyon, France.

  8. Jun 10, 2009 · Auguste and Louis continued to work on technical developments, and in 1900 devised a camera which took large-format 75mm films. By 1905, however, the Lumière brothers withdrew from the cinema business. They worked instead on inventing the first successful photographic colour process—the Lumière Autochrome —in 1907.

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