Birthdate: August 28, 1841
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Metz, France
Died: September 16, 1890
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was a French artist and inventor known for creating an early motion-picture camera and directing Roundhay Garden Scene. He is credited as the “Father of Cinematography” for filming moving-picture sequences using a single-lens camera and paper film in Leeds, England in 1888. His work predates other pioneers in the field, but his mysterious disappearance in 1890 prevented him from performing a public demonstration in the US. Legal battles with Thomas Edison later resulted in Edison’s control of the US film industry for many years.
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