Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. He was never able to perform a planned public demonstration in the United States because he mysteriously vanished from a train on 16 September 1890. Le Prince's disappearance allowed Thomas Edison to take the credit for the invention of motion pictures.Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. He was never able to perform a planned public demonstration in the United States because he mysteriously vanished from a train on 16 September 1890. Le Prince's disappearance allowed Thomas Edison to take the credit for the invention of motion pictures.
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was an inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has been heralded as the "Father of Cinematography" since 1930. He was never able to perform a planned public demonstration in the United States because he mysteriously vanished from a train on 16 September 1890. Le Prince's disappearance allowed Thomas Edison to take the credit for the invention of motion pictures.