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The Gaumont Film Company (French:), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. 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 ...
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.
Gaumont, créateur d'histoires locales sur la scène mondiale. Film, Séries, Patrimoine, depuis 1895.
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
The Gaumont Film Company, often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. 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, Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal ...
Jan 30, 1994 · Gaumont, at 99 years the oldest film company in existence, asserted itself from the very birth of the medium in production, distribution and exhibition.
