Who invented the movies?

The movies were invented in 1895 by the Lumière brothers, 2 engineers from Lyon, in France.

They were the first to project a film in public thanks to a machine that they built. But to invent this machine, the Lumière brothers were inspired by the work of many other inventors.

So, how were the movies invented?

To start with, the movies owed a lot to photography. In the 1880s, the use of flexible film revolutionised photography… And gave Thomas Edison, a great American inventor, the idea to perfect a camera and a device to see the images in 1891.  

This device showed the pictures taken by the camera in quick succession and gave the illusion of movement! It didn’t allow films to be projected in front of an audience. Only one person at a time could watch.