Alexandre Promio
Directing · Born 1868-07-09 · age 58 at death · Lyon, France
Alexandre Promio was a pioneering French cinematographer and director who played a crucial role in the early development of motion pictures. As a key figure in the Lumière Brothers' company, he helped introduce and spread cinema across Europe and beyond, capturing some of the earliest moving images of major events and everyday life. His work included Sweden’s first newsreel, documenting King Oscar II’s arrival at the General Art and Industrial Exposition in 1897, showcasing the growing power of film as a medium for reporting and storytelling. Promio's contributions to early cinematography helped lay the foundation for documentary filmmaking and newsreel production worldwide.
Titles
Lion, London Zoological Gardens
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway
Panorama of the Grand Canal Taken from a Boat
Chicago Police Parade
New York: Broadway at Union Square
Alger: Rue Bab-Azoun
Procession to Princess Maud's Wedding
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
Colleurs d'affiches
Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles
Football
Passengers Descending from the Brooklyn Bridge
Children Digging for Clams
New York, Brooklyn Bridge
Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition
New York, Whitehall Street
Niagara Falls
Paris: Les souverains russes et le président de la République aux Champs-Élysées
New York, Broadway
La foule sur la place de l’Opéra
Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche
Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa, côté Est
Arab Cortege, Geneva
Death of Marat
The Pyramids (Overview)
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Panorama des rives du Nil, [I]
Le Bey de Tunis et les personnages de sa suite descendant l'escalier du Bardo
New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place
Danse au bivouac
Ramassage du linge
Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves
Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or
Rentrée à l'étable
Fête au village
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore
Brooklyn, Fulton Street
Une partie de lawn-tennis, II
Jongleur javanais
Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach
Belfast, exercices de sauvetage
Panorama of St. Mark's Square Taken From a Boat
Marché aux charbons (avec chameaux)
Chicago, Grande Roue
Alger : déchargement au port
Entrée du cortège royal à l'Exposition
La défense du drapeau
Dublin, pompiers : Un Incendie, I
Londres, Piccadilly Circus
Bourricots sous les palmiers
Cairo, Artillery Parade
Mort de Robespierre
Liverpool, Lime Street
Liverpool, Church Street
Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre
Bruxelles, Grand’Place
New York, Avenue et Union Square
Caravane de chameaux
Alger : prière du muezzin
Belfast, Castle Place