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The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with primary influence also on the creation of national cinemas in Asia.
The Lumière brothers (UK: / ˈ l uː m i ɛər /, US: / ˌ l uː m i ˈ ɛər /; French:), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), [1] [2] were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and ...
Langlois selected films for their significance and contributions to the history of filmmaking, including work from official film industries as well as current and early avant garde directors. The program was the most diverse film exhibition held in the United States to date, and was the museum's first major undertaking in film.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... French alternate history films ... Pages in category "French historical films" The following 107 pages are ...
This category contains articles about French film studios. A film studio is an environment - interior or exterior - which is designed specifically for the production of motion pictures. Most studios consist of at least a series of sound stages, and usually a controlled exterior or backlot of standing exterior settings and open land.
The Prix Jean Vigo is an annual award given since 1951 to outstanding French film directors. The Jean Vigo Award is an annual prize given to Best Director at the Navarra Int'l Documentary Film Festival in Spain. Jean Vigo, a biographical play about Vigo by Paulo Emilio Salles Gomez [10]
Germaine Dulac (French:; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942) [2] was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood.
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original in 1923. [1] This was located less than a kilometre away, and together the two served as a major ...