Alexandre Promio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexandre Promio

French cinematographer

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1868

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1926

Profession: cinematographer, camera operator, film director

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Alexandre Promio

  • Jean Alexandre Louis Promio (9 July 1868 – 24 December 1926) was a French film photographer and director.
  • He is mentioned as a pioneer in film and was the director for Sweden's first Newsreel.
  • The newsreel was shown for King Oscar II:s arrival at the General Art and Industrial Exposition on 15 May 1897. Alexandre Promio came from an Italian family that moved to France and resided in Lyon.
  • During his time as an assistant to an optician in Lyon, he witnessed the first presentation of the medium of moving pictures cinematograph.
  • Promio was interested in the art of photography, and in March 1896 left his work at the optician to start working for Auguste and Louis Lumière.
  • After just some time at the work he became the boss for the film unit and got the responsibility for the education of the first cinematograph-operators.His first assignment was to present and marketing of the new media worldwide.
  • Promio visited several cities between April 1896 and September 1897.
  • The first trip went to Madrid where he demonstrated the moving pictures on 13 May 1896 On 7 July he did a film demonstration for the Tsar Nikolaj II of Russia and the empress of Saint Petersburg, after that he visited England, Germany and Hungary.
  • In September 1896 he arrived in the US, and filmed the first films of Chicago.
  • In Italy he on 25 October 1896 filmed the city of Venice from a Gondola.
  • The film had its premiere on 13 December 1897 in Lyon under the title of Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un bateau which shows the short trip of Canal Grande.
  • It was most likely the world's first moving film, also the first being filmed by a moving camera.After 1898 he did not do anymore travels and resided permanently in Lyon France where he continued to be an employee of Lumière.
  • In 1907 he filmed for Pathé and between 1914 and 1915 he was a soldier in the first world war.
  • After his duty in the war he became a still photographer and film photographer to the Algerian government, there he created 3000 photographs and 38 documentary films.
  • He returned to France sick and resided in Asnières-sur-Seine near Paris.
  • He died in his home on Christmas eve 1926.
  • His death however was not announced until four months after.

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