Félix Mesguich
Directing
September 16, 1871
Died April 25, 1949 (77 years old)
Souk Ahras (Algérie)
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Acting Credits
33
Directed
Biography
Félix Mesguich is a pioneering French cinema operator born on September 15, 1871 in Algiers and died on April 25, 1949 in Paris on the 16th. He was one of the first cinema reporters (along with Alexandre Promio, Francis Doublier and Marius Chapuis) and the chief operator of the first advertising film in October 1898 for the Ripolin brand. Born in Algeria, Mesguich was Zouave before settling in France and joining the Lumière brothers, where he was Perrigot's assistant during the first provincial...
Known For
Défilé de l'artillerie du district de Columbia
Executive Mansion
Cirque de Gavarnie : caravane
Maillane : défilé des tambourinaires
When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
Self
