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- Birth nameAuguste Marie Nicolas Lumière
- Auguste Lumière was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist, born in Besançon, France. He attended the Martinière Technical School and worked as a manager at the photographic company of his father, Antoine Lumière. Although it is his brother Louis Lumière who is generally acclaimed as the "father of the cinema", Auguste also made a major contribution towards the development of the medium, first by helping with the invention and construction of the cinematographe (the world's first camera and projection mechanism), and second by appearing as a subject in many of the films shot by Louis. Along with his brother, he is also credited with giving the world's first public film screening on December 28, 1895. However, according to Louis, Auguste lost interest in the cinematographe as soon as construction had been completed, and thereafter showed no further interest in the film medium. After his work on the cinematograph he began focusing on the biomedical field, becoming a pioneer in the use of X-rays to examine fractures. He also contributed to innovations in military aircraft, producing a catalytic heater to allow cold-weather engine starts.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk> (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseMarguerite Winckler(August 31, 1893 - April 10, 1954) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesLouis Lumière(Sibling)
- The two brothers opened a Photorama at 18 rue de Clichy, Paris (15th January 1902). This new panoramic cinema replaced the old Pole Nord cinema.
- His brothers and sisters, apart from Louis Lumière, are Juliette, France, Jeanne and Edouard Lumière.
- Co-founded, with brother Louis Lumière, the production/distribution company Société Lumière in 1895 in France.
- Auguste also had medical interests and published research in cancer and tuberculosis.
- Louis and Auguste's father was photographer and painter Antoine Lumière. He had a photography studio at Besançon and would later sent his two sons to the technical school in Lyon. Then they worked together to obtain a "blue label" dry photographic plate that made a fortune.
- [advice he gave, as the father of modern cinematography] Young man, you can be grateful that my invention is not for sale, for it would undoubtedly ruin you. It can be exploited for a certain time as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that is has no commercial value whatsoever.
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