Louis Lumière

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Louis Lumière was a French inventor and filmmaker who, with his brother Auguste, helped create and popularize early motion-picture technology and is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cinematographer
film director
human
inventor
pioneer of cinema
birthCountry France
birthDate 1864-10-05
birthPlace Besançon NERFINISHED
coInvented Cinématographe NERFINISHED
coInventedWith Auguste Lumière NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1948-06-06
deathPlace Bandol NERFINISHED
designed improved photographic plates
employer Lumière family photographic plate factory NERFINISHED
era early cinema era
familyName Lumière NERFINISHED
father Antoine Lumière NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cinema
motion picture technology
photography
founded Lumière brothers film company NERFINISHED
fullName Louis Jean Lumière NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
hasRole cinematographer in early Lumière films
director in early Lumière films
influenced development of narrative film
global film industry
knownFor developing early motion-picture technology
one of the founding figures of cinema
popularizing cinema
nativeLanguage French
notableEvent public film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris in 1895
notableWork Cinématographe NERFINISHED
La Sortie de l’Usine Lumière à Lyon NERFINISHED
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occupation filmmaker
industrialist
inventor
placeOfActivity Lyon NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Auguste Lumière NERFINISHED
spouse Rose Lumière NERFINISHED

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French cinema pioneer Louis Lumière