Auguste Lumière

Thierry Frémaux follows up his 2016 collection of Lumière Brother films with another set of rare, restored prints. (IMDB)

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France. (imdb)

The first brunette is outdoors, sweeping the street or a patio in front of a white wall, well lighted by the sunshine coming from the top left of the fixed camera; we may assume she is the Servant... (imdb)

Another single-shot Lumiere Brothers film, this time showing the demolition of a wall in the grounds of the factory... (imdb)

Like all the early Lumiere Brothers shorts, this consists of just one shot, of Auguste Lumiere, his wife and baby daughter having breakfast. in a rural setting. In itself completely banal, the shot derives its power from the fact that shows us living people filmed in a real setting over a hundred years ago. It is also historically important for being part of the original Lumiere Brothers film programme shown on December 28, 1895 (imdb)