Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Directing
August 28, 1841
Died September 16, 1890 (49 years old)
Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
2
Acting Credits
4
Directed
Biography
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. A Frenchman who also worked in the United Kingdom and the United States, Le Prince conducted his ground-breaking work in 1888 in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In October 1888, Le Prince filmed moving picture sequences, Roundhay Garden Scene and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, using his single-l...
