Louise Le Prince

Louise Le Prince

director

BIRTHDAY August 28, 1841
BIRTH SIGN Virgo
BIRTHPLACE France
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT LOUISE LE PRINCE

Known as the Father of Cinematography for inventing moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera.

He directed the short film Roundhay Garden Scene.

His legacy was honored when the University of Leeds named its center for photography and cinema after him.

He married Elizabeth Whitley in 1869. He disappeared in 1890, never to be found or seen again.

He was a contemporary of Thomas Edison .