PathéPathé SAS (stylized as PATHÉ! since 1999) is a French film production and distribution company which owns cinema chains (through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas) and television networks across Europe. Pathé was founded by the Pathé Brothers in 1896, and is the second-oldest operating film company after Gaumont. Pathé was originally a network of French businesses.
Film industryInstitutions of filmmaking The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post-production, film festivals, distribution, and actors.
GaumontGaumont SA (French:) is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Alice Guy-BlachéAlice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (French:; néeGuy; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was the first filmmaker to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. Her first film was La Fée aux Choux (The Fairy of the Cabbages; 1896), and her last was Tarnished Reputations (1920).
Jean VigoJean Vigo (French:; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. BiographyVigo was born to Emily Cléro and the militant anarchist and later socialistMiguel Almereyda. Much of Vigo's early life was spent on the run with his parents.
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat43°11′59″N5°37′58″E / 43.19972°N 5.63278°E / 43.19972; 5.63278L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (translated from French into English as The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat [US] and The Arrival of the Mail Train, and in the United Kingdom as Train Pulling into a Station) is an 1896 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
Jean RenoirJean Renoir (French: [ʁənwaʁ]; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the greatest directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975.
Lumière brothersThe Lumière brothers (UK: , US: ; French:), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.
Georges MélièsMarie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , French:; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French filmmaker, actor, magician, and toymaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of cinema, primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres.
A Trip to the MoonA Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune [lə vwajaʒ dɑ̃ la lyn], transl.
CinematographyCinematography (from Ancient Greek (kínēma)'movement' and (gráphein)'to write, draw, paint, etc.') is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor or light-sensitive material inside the movie camera. These exposures are created sequentially and preserved for later processing and viewing as a motion picture.FilmVisual art consisting of moving imagesA Trip to the Moon (1902) is considered to be a turning point in the development of narrative and science fiction films.A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.