Auguste and Louis Lumière
Auguste Lumière (1862–1954) and Louis Lumière (1864–1948) were French brothers, inventors, and pioneers of moving-image cinema. Working in their family's Lyon photography business, they perfected the Cinématographe — a combined camera, printer, and projector — and held what is widely considered the first commercial public projection of moving pictures in December 1895. The short actuality films they and their operators shot around the world during the next several years established the documentary as a primary mode of the new medium. Their acclaimed films include Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, The Sprinkler Sprinkled, Baby's Meal, and Boat Leaving Harbour.