Émile Reynaud

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Charles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and the first projected animated films. His Pantomimes Lumineuses premiered on 28 October 1892 in Paris. His Théâtre Optique film system, patented in 1888, is also notable as the first known instance of film perforations being used. The performances predated Auguste and Louis Lumière's first paid public screening of the cinematographe on 26 December 1895, often seen as the birth of cinema.

Émile Reynaud is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 13 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes I Humbly Beg You (2010), The Wonderful World of Disney (1954), Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978), Poor Pierrot (1892), Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre (1900), Guillaume Tell (1896), The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955), Clown and His Dogs (1892). The recorded credits span 1892 to 2010, including 11 movies and 2 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.