Auguste Lumière

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Born: 1862-10-19
Died: 1954-04-10
From: Besançon, Doubs, France
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière

Biography

Auguste Lumière (1862–1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis invented an animated photographic camera and projection device, the cinematograph, which met with worldwide success.

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 6 nominated

🏆 Won

National Inventors Hall of Fame

2007
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1960
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1937
🏆 Won

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

1935
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physics

1927
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physics

1924
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physics

1922
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physics

1921
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Physics

1920
🏆 Won

Elliott Cresson Medal

1909
🏆 Won

Officer of the Legion of Honour

1908
🏆 Won

Knight of the Legion of Honour

1897
🏆 Won

Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

🏆 Won

Médaille d'honneur des épidémies

🏆 Won

Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia

🏆 Won

Order of the Francisque

Acting10 titles

Directing191 titles

Production729 titles

Camera1 title

Crew4 titles