The Institut Lumière (; "Lumière Institute") is a French organisation, based in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
, for the promotion and preservation of aspects of French
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
making. The Institut Lumière is a museum that honours the contribution to filmmaking by
Auguste and Louis Lumière
The Lumière brothers (, ; ), 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 ''Ciném ...
- inventors of the
cinématographe
Cinematograph or kinematograph is an early term for several types of motion picture film mechanisms. The name was used for movie cameras as well as film projectors, or for complete systems that also provided means to print films (such as the Cin ...
and fathers of the
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
.
It was founded in 1982 by Bernard Chardère and Maurice Trarieux-Lumière, the grandson of Louis Lumière.
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
Life and career
Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, s ...
was its president and
Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Frémaux (; born 29 May 1960) is the director of the Institut Lumière, of the Lumière Film Festival and of the Cannes Film Festival.
Education and career
Frémaux has a ''diplôme d'études approfondies'' (equivalent to a Master of Adva ...
is its director. The museum is located within the house of the Lumière family, in the
Monplaisir quarter of Lyon. The film ''
La Sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon'', one of the earliest motion pictures ever made, was shot in the immediate vicinity of the Institut.
The rehabilitation of the former Lumière factories was confided to the architect Pierre Colboc and the Chief architect of historic monuments Didier Repellin, associated with the agency
dUCKS Scéno
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family (biology), family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and goose, geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfam ...
for the scenography of the cinema and the outer spaces.
Gallery
File:Institut Lumière - CINEMATOGRAPHE Camera.jpg
File:Institut Lumière.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Stairway.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Film Sewing Machine.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Film Gun.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Edison Kinetoscope.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Cinematograph marker.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Cinematograph.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Chandelier.jpg
File:Sortieusinelumiere.jpg
File:Institut Lumière - Factory.jpg, The present-day entrance to the institute, with a glass projection displaying where factory workers were captured on film leaving the factory
See also
*
Place Ambroise-Courtois
Place Ambroise-Courtois is a square in the neighborhood of Monplaisir in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was named after , a city councillor, on 30 October 1944, months after Courtois was assassinated by the Milice française. It had been p ...
References
External links
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Auguste and Louis Lumière
History of film
8th arrondissement of Lyon
Entertainment venues in Lyon
Maisons des Illustres
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