Charles-Émile Reynaud
Inventor
1844 – 1918
Who was Charles-Émile Reynaud?
Charles-Émile Reynaud was a French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoons. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Théâtre Optique in December 1888, and on 28 October 1892 he projected the first animated film in public, Pauvre Pierrot, at the Musée Grévin in Paris. This is also notable as the first known instance of film perforations being used.
Ryanaud's late years were tragic after 1910 when, his creations outmoded by the Cinematograph, dejected and penniless, he threw the greater part of his irreplaceable work and unique equipment into the Seine. The public had forgotten his "Théatre Optique" shows, which had been a celebrated attraction at the Musée Grevin between 1892 and 1900. He died in a hospice on the banks of the Seine where he had been cared for since 29 March 1917.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1844
Montreuil - Also known as
- Charles-Emile Reynaud
- Émile Reynaud
- Spouses
- Margueritte Rémiatte
(1879/10/21 - )
- Margueritte Rémiatte
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 9, 1918
Ivry-sur-Seine
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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