Alexandre Promio

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Lion, London Zoological Gardens (1896) — Director
2. Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1897) — Director
3. Panorama of the Grand Canal Taken from a Boat (1896) — Director
4. Chicago Police Parade (1896) — Director
5. New York: Broadway at Union Square (1896) — Director
6. Alger: Rue Bab-Azoun (1896) — Director
7. Procession to Princess Maud's Wedding (1896) — Director
8. The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898) — Director
9. Colleurs d'affiches (1897) — Director
10. Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles (1897) — Director
11. Football (1897) — Director
12. Passengers Descending from the Brooklyn Bridge (1896) — Director
13. Children Digging for Clams (1896) — Director
14. New York, Brooklyn Bridge (1896) — Director
15. Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition (1897) — Director
16. New York, Whitehall Street (1896) — Director
17. Niagara Falls (1896) — Director
18. Paris: Les souverains russes et le président de la République aux Champs-Élysées (1896) — Director
19. New York, Broadway (1896) — Director
20. La foule sur la place de l’Opéra (1896) — Director
21. Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche (1900) — Director
22. Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa, côté Est (1897) — Director
23. Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896) — Director
24. Death of Marat (1897) — Director
25. The Pyramids (Overview) (1897) — Director
26. Panorama des rives du Nil, [I] (1897) — Director
27. Le Bey de Tunis et les personnages de sa suite descendant l'escalier du Bardo (1903) — Director
28. New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place (1896) — Director
29. Dancing at the Bivouac (1896) — Director
30. Ramassage du linge (1898) — Director
31. Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves (1898) — Director
32. Rentrée à l'étable (1896) — Director
33. Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or (1897) — Director
34. Fête au village (1896) — Director
35. The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1897) — Director
36. Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore (1897) — Director
37. Brooklyn, Fulton Street (1896) — Director
38. Une partie de lawn-tennis, II (1897) — Director
39. Jongleur javanais (1896) — Director
40. Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach (1897) — Director