Birthday: October 5th, 1864 Date of Death: June 6th, 1948 Place of Birth: Besançon, Doubs, France
Louis Jean Lumière (1864–1948) was a French manufacturer of photography equipment. Along with his brother Auguste, he is best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.