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The Lumière brothers (UK: /ˈluːmiɛər/, US: /ˌluːmiˈɛər/; French: [lymjɛːʁ]), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948),[1][2] 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 places them among the earliest filmmakers. Their screening of a single film on 22 March 1895, for around 200 members of the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (Society for the Development of the National Industry) in Paris was probably the first presentation of projected film. Their first commercial public screening on 28 December 1895, for around 40 paying visitors and invited relations has traditionally been regarded as the birth of cinema. Either the techniques or the business models of earlier filmmakers proved to be less viable than the breakthrough presentations of the Lumières. The Lumière

Lumière brothers - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Auguste and Louis Lumière ) French brothers, filmmakers and inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière Auguste (left) and Louis Lumière , c. 1895 Resting place New Guillotière Cemetery Alma mater La Martiniere Lyon Occupations Filmmakers inventors Awards Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) Auguste Lumière Born Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière ( 1862-10-19 ) 19 October 1862 Besançon , France Died 10 April 1954 (1954-04-10) (aged 91) Lyon , France Louis Lumière Born Louis Francis Patrick Jean Lumière ( 1864-

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