Auguste and Louis Lumiere

History

• The first ever footage taken was taken by them and was the 46 second documentary workers leaving the “Lumiere Factory” (which was there fathers factory).

• Auguste was born on the 19 October 1862

• Louis was born on October the 5th 1864

Workers leaving the Lumiere factory

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-P5gjNCiVw

Creations

The Cinematograph was a camera and a projector. There is actually a lot of dispute over who the real inventor of this invention was. Some say it was Léon Bouly but is Auguste and Louis that take credit.

Other work

• The gardener

• Fishing for goldfish

• Blacksmiths

• Baby Breakfast

Random information

The brothers actually said “The cinema is an invention without any future”. They believed that people would get board of it.

They also refused to sell any of there equipment to any other filmmaker, like George Melies who accidently created the first cut. The also

Patented a colour photo sceme.

George Melies