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The First Film is a 2015 British documentary film about cinema pioneer Louis Le Prince, made by David Nicholas Wilkinson. It argues the case that Le Prince, rather than the Lumiere brothers, was the true inventor of moving pictures, making his first film in Leeds in 1888 before his mysterious disappearance in 1890.
Original Release
07/03/2015
US Release
09/08/2016
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bernard Atha | Self |
| Stéphane Cornicard | Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (voice) / Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince |
| Tom Courtenay | Himself / Self |
| Nigel Cross | Self |
| Quentin Dowse | Self |
| Ben Eagle | Adolphe Le Prince (voice) |
| Tony Earnshaw | Self |
| Joe Eszterhas | Himself / Self |
| Aurelie Freoua | Self |
| Paul Goodman | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bernard Atha | Self |
| Stéphane Cornicard | Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (voice) / Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince |
| Tom Courtenay | Himself / Self |
| Nigel Cross | Self |
| Quentin Dowse | Self |
| Ben Eagle | Adolphe Le Prince (voice) |
| Tony Earnshaw | Self |
| Joe Eszterhas | Himself / Self |
| Aurelie Freoua | Self |
| Paul Goodman | Self |
| Louise A. Handley | Self |
| Annie Hartley | (archive footage) |
| Michael Harvey | Self - Historian |
| Ronald Harwood | Himself / Self |
| Sarah Lancashire | Lizze Le Prince (voice) / Lizze Le Prince |
| Adolphe Le Prince | (archive footage) |
| Daniel Martin | Self - Historian |
| Mick McCann | Self - Historian |
| Beatrice Neumann | Self |
| Tony North | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Doug Abbott | Executive Producer |
| Robert Worcester | Executive Producer |
| David Wilkinson | Producer |
| Irfan Shah | Producer |
| Chris Jones | Producer |
| Bill Lawrence | Producer |
| Martin Myers | Producer |
| Sidonie Roberts | Producer |
