Auguste Lumiere

Auguste Lumiere was born October 19, 1862 in the town of Besancon, in the family of the artist, enjoys photography.

Together with his brother Jean-Louis Auguste Lumiere developed apparatus, which they called "cinema". The main inventor was Louis Jean Lumiц?re and Auguste helped him, basically, money.

In addition to the technical invention of the Lumiere brothers, the initiative belongs to the regular production of films.

So, on Dec. 28, 1895 at the Grand Cafц? on the Boulevard de Kapyusin (Paris) hosted the first film show, which began with a display area Belkur in Lyon. The day was sold just 35 tickets, worth one franc, but then the brothers Lumiere lined up huge queue wishing to see the movie.

After such a successful debut of the cinema has spread rapidly across Europe
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. In 1895 and 1896 the Lumiere brothers shot about fifty short films on various topics, . for example, viewers were shown the documentary film "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory", . "Arrival of a Train at the station of La CIOTAT", . Comedy Polit Arrosц? ", . film "Diana Bathing",
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Movie Shows the Lumiere brothers, accompanied by music saxophone or piano.

Creating his films, Jean-Louis and Auguste Lumiere invented many techniques filming. For example, the method used for shooting the brothers travel through the canal on a gondola in Venice, now called trevelingom.

Manufacturer Lumiere sent to different countries specially trained operators who produced, shot and demonstration films.

But the brothers Lumiц?re were unable to compete with other photographers, so sold their patents.

April 10, 1954 Auguste Lumiere died in the city of Lyon.

In France, established an award named Lumiere, awarded for documentary films each year.