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Kazimierz Prószyński
1875 - 1945 · Inventor · b. in Warszawa
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Polish inventor (1875-1945)
Kazimierz Prószyński was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinematography. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph, before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company. He was also the inventor of the widely used first hand-held Aeroscope camera.
Key achievements
- 01Built the Pleograph, a camera and projector in one
- 02Invented the Aeroscope, an early handheld film camera
- 03A pioneer of cinematographic technology
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