---
title: 'The First Film (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Nicholas Wilkinson'
released: '2015-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-first-film-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883264/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The First Film (2015)

2015 · 106 min · Documentary · United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

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 Lumière brothers, was the true inventor of moving pictures, making Roundhay Garden Scene in Leeds in 1888. Le Prince mysteriously disappeared in 1890.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Nicholas Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-nicholas-wilkinson)

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