Cast · Producer

Auguste Lumière

1862 – 1954

Active years (films on this site)

1895

Genres

DocumentaryComedy

Schools and movements

Early and Pioneering Cinema

Directors worked with

Louis Lumière2 films

Biography

Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière 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.

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Awards and honours

International

• Knight of the Legion of Honour 1897
• Officer of the Legion of Honour 1908
• Elliott Cresson Medal 1909
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour 1935
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960
• National Inventors Hall of Fame 2007
• Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy
• Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia
• Order of the Francisque

National / local

• Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
• Médaille d'honneur des épidémies

2 films on this site

1. Baby's Meal 1895 · Louis Lumière · IMDb 5.9 · Cast
2. The Sprinkler Sprinkled 1895 · Louis Lumière · IMDb 6.2 · Producer