Leon Gaumont

January 10, 2024
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Leon Gaumont
Full Name Leon Gaumont
Occupation Inventor
Date Of Birth May 10, 1864(1864-05-10)
Age 160
Date Of Death 1946-08-09
Birthplace Semblançay
Country France
Birth City Centre-Val de Loire
Horoscope Taurus

Leon Gaumont Biography

Name Leon Gaumont
Birthday May 10
Birth Year 1864
Place Of Birth Semblançay
Home Town Centre-Val de Loire
Birth Country France
Birth Sign Taurus
Parents Marguerite Gaumont

Leon Gaumont is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on May 10, 1864 in Semblançay, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Inventor who founded a revolutionary French film production company . He also received a patent for the invention of the chronophone.

He collaborated with the renowned engineer He partnered with renowned engineer Gustave Eiffel to establish the famous film company L. Gaumont et Cie. to create the renowned film studio L. Gaumont et Cie.

The place he was raised was Semblancay in Indre-etLoire, France.

Leon Gaumont Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Inventor
House Living in own house.

Leon Gaumont is one of the richest Inventor from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Gaumont 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was captivated during his early years with photography techniques.

Cinematic sound systems gave enough film volume 1910 for 4,000 theatre patrons.

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Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Leon Gaumont celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.

What did Leon Gaumont invent?

Chronomégaphone

Which is oldest film company in the world?

1: Gaumont Film Company (1895) Last but not least, we have the Gaumont Film Company, the first and oldest film company in the world. The company produces, co-produces, and distributes films all over the world, often collaborating with other companies like Pathé.

How old is Gaumont Film Company?

Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895 , it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount and Nikkatsu (founded in 1912).

What did Leon Gaumont do?

Léon Ernest Gaumont (10 May 1864 – 10 August 1946) was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. He founded the world’s first and oldest film studio Gaumont Film Company, and worked in partnership with Solax Studios.

Who started movies in India?

The second full-length motion picture in India was produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. Phalke is seen as the pioneer of the Indian film industry and a scholar of India’s languages and culture. He employed elements from Sanskrit epics to produce his Raja Harishchandra (1913), a silent film in Marathi.

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