Albert Capellani

Peter Elfelt

Max Skladanowsky

James Williamson

Victor Sjöström

“The thing that brought me into filmmaking was a youthful desire for adventure and a curiosity to try this new medium.”

Émile Cohl

Luigi Maggi

Walter R. Booth

Robert W. Paul

William Heise

Birt Acres

Carl Froelich

J. Searle Dawley

Segundo de Chomón

Edwin S. Porter

Louis Le Prince

Alice Guy-Blaché

Louis Lumière

“The cinema is an invention without a future.”

William K.L. Dickson

Georges Méliès

“We sat with our mouths open, without speaking, filled with amazement.”