Alexandre Promio

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Alexandre Promio
Alexandre Promio
OccupationDirector

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

General Art and Industrial Exposition
on 15 May 1897.

Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un bateau, 1896. Most likely the world's first film, filmed with a moving camera.

Alexandre Promio came from an Italian family that moved to France and resided in

Auguste and Louis Lumière.[2] 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.[3]

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

Canal Grande. It was most likely the world's first moving film, also the first being filmed by a moving camera.[3]

After 1898, he did not do anymore travels and resided permanently in Lyon France where he continued to be an employee of

Christmas eve 1926.[3]
His death however was not announced until four months after.

Promio in Sweden

In Lumière's work concept was showing cinematography not only for the public but also for royalty and other prominent people. And as a treat the royal family got the see themselves on the "white screen" in film taken by Promio earlier in the day.[5]

This happened in Stockholm as well when he visited for two weeks during the summer of 1897 to show Lumières invention at the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm. At one point Promio also educated Sweden's first film photographer Ernest Florman who himself had contributor with several films for the exhibition. On 15 May 1897 Promio filmed the first ever Swedish newsreel film which showed the King Oscar II along with the crown prince Gustaf V as they arrived at the exhibition area at Djurgården.[6] The king got to see the film the same day. While in Sweden Promio also made Sweden's first feature film called "Slagsmål i Gamla Stockholm" which was one minute long.[7]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780195078985
    . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ISBN 9782296380462
    . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "The First Movie Ever Shot in Chicago - The 312 - April 2011 - Chicago". chicagomag.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-10.
  5. ^ Furhammar (1991), page. 12
  6. ^ Furhammar (1991), page. 13
  7. ^ Svensk filmdatabass Retrieved 19 January 2015

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