Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince. Director: Roundhay Garden Scene. Le Prince was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion picture camera born in Metz, France. His father was a major of artillery in the French Army and an officer of the Légion d'honneur. When growing up, he reportedly spent time in the studio of his father's friend, the pioneer of photography Louis Daguerre, from whom he may...
