Directing

Alexandre Promio

Born — Died

1868-07-09 — 1926-12-24

Place of birth

Lyon, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

IMDb profile

Alexandre Promio was a pioneering French cinematographer and director who played a crucial role in the early development of motion pictures. As a key figure in the Lumière Brothers' company, he helped introduce and spread cinema across Europe and beyond, capturing some of the earliest moving images of major events and everyday life. His work included Sweden’s first newsreel, documenting King Oscar II’s arrival at the General Art and Industrial Exposition in 1897, showcasing the growing power of film as a medium for reporting and storytelling. Promio's contributions to early cinematography helped lay the foundation for documentary filmmaking and newsreel production worldwide.

Known for

6.3

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.

Market

1896

4.6

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River rushes toward the falls from right to left). Virtually overlooking the falls and surrounded by the swift current not far from the camera is a small island where six or eight tourists watch the water, talk, and move about.

Niagara Falls

1896

5.8

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Football

1897

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition poster

5.1

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition

1897

No synopsis available yet.

Métropolitain

1896

No synopsis available yet.

Panorama du départ de Belfast

1897

Behind the camera

6.3

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.

Market

1896

4.6

Niagara Falls

1896

5.8

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Football

1897

5.1

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition

1897

No synopsis available yet.

Métropolitain

1896

No synopsis available yet.

Panorama du départ de Belfast

1897

4.8

A keeper gives food to two tigers through the bars of the cage.

Tigers

1896

4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Norrström: panorama

1897

5.4

Panoramic view of the banks of the River Nile.

Panorama des rives du Nil, [I]

1897

4.0

Pelicans frolic around and in a pool. A keeper comes to feed them.

Pelicans

1896

Paris: General Saussier and his Staff poster

5.0

Dragoons escorting officers on horseback.

Paris: General Saussier and his Staff

1896

5.4

A view of the Great Sphinx with two of Giza's pyramids in the background. A caravan passes the scene.

The Pyramids (Overview)

1897

No synopsis available yet.

Régates (aller)

1898

5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strandvägen : panorama

1897

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, I poster

3.0

A moving image of the docks of Liverpool. Lumière Catalogue No. 704.

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, I

1897

Parade of a regiment of Turcos; their band marches at the head.

Turcos (Parade)

1896

5.3

A lion in its cage as the keeper passes it food through the bars.

Lion

1896

5.2

Children drag their nets on the beach at low tide: the girls, with their skirts raised, compete enthusiastically with the boys in this exercise.

Children Digging for Shrimp

1896

3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Norrström : débarquement

1897

3.3

Two carriages pass by, including that of Bey Ali ibn Husayn, each under escort.

The Bey and his Escort

1897

No synopsis available yet.

Marble arch

1896

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ poster

5.6

The Lumière catalog sold this title as 13 individual, one-scene films, allowing exhibitors to choose which films they wanted to purchase and how to arrange them in their programs. Lumière catalog no. 933 through 945.