The inspirator of the movies is Eadweard Muybridge, who is responsible for the basis of the movie art.
The sorcerers of movies is Thomas Alva Edison and William Dickson. Edison built a kinetoscope (or peep-hole viewer), in 1891. The kinetoscope was installed in penny arcades, what made possible for people to watch short, silent movies. At the same year the kinetograph and kinetoscope were demonstrate the same year.
The brother Auguste and Louis Lumière are the performers of this kinetoscope, who introduced this new invention to the audience.
The inspirator
Eadweard Muybridge
The makers
Thomas Alva Edison
William Dickson
The performers
The brother Auguste and Louise Lumière
Notice! Sorry for my poor English, because my native language is Dutch. This information is based on sources from different history sites and books. Please correct me if there are some parts in this information what is not true.
History of movies
Here you will read more about the beginning of the kinetoscope and the rise of movies
