- First person to demonstrate moving images
- His father wanted him to follow in his footsteps
- He proved the theory of Persistence of Vision in 1829
- He started the idea of animation film
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JeN3uk2ClE
William Horner
- He created the Zoetrope
- This helped him teach Maths
- Stole someone else's idea
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2TQrQs9o4E
Charles-Emile Reynaud
- He created the Praxinoscope
- He was a French science teacher
- His father was a horologer and medal engraver
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=426mqlB-kAY
Lumière Brothers
- Their father was a painter
- They both educated in France
- They were the earliest filmmakers in history
George Pal
- Born February 1908 in Hungary
- Moved to America
- Worked with/at Paramount Pictures
- In 1950, he made the film 'Destination Moon'
- 'The Time Machine' was one of his most famous films
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxnDrs_Djnw
Willis O'Brien
- Born in 1886 in California
- Best known as the animator of the original King Kong
- His job was sculpting and illustrating
- He inspired a lot of people as a pioneer
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2PjgxnyyQo
Roy Harryhausen
- Like dinosaurs and everything in the fantasy world
- Worked with Willis O'Brien
- His favourite haunts as a child were museums, marionette shows, the ocean, local parks and movie houses.
- Born in 1920
- Died in 2013
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kmjW73-v4
Jan Švankmajer
- Born in 1934
- Inspired people for the movie Saw and other movies like that
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTBW7MMTW4
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