Alexandre Promio

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1868-07-09 (58 years old)

Deathday

1926-12-24

Place of Birth

Lyon, France

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 a...

Production

1896

Alger : déchargement au port

as Director

1903

Panorama du port d'Alger (suite du précédent)

as Director

1903

Ligne d’Alger à Koléa : le grand ravin

as Director

1903

Débarquement de M. le président à Alger

as Director

1903

Arrivée de M. le président à Sidi-Bel-Abbès

as Director

1903

M. le président se rendant au déjeuner à Sidi-Bel-Abbès

as Director

1903

Départ de la place du Gouvernement à Alger

as Director

1903

Le cortège à Constantine

as Director

1903

M. le président au palais d’hiver

as Director

1903

La remise des décorations

as Director

1903

Défilé des chameaux avec les Bassours

as Director

1903

Arrivée de M. le président sur le terrain de la revue à Alger

as Director

1903

M. le président se rend au déjeuner en gare de Perrégaux

as Director

1903

Arrivée à la revue d’Alger de la délégation anglaise

as Director

1903

Le cortège à Chéragas

as Director

1903

Arrivée de M. le président à Saint-Denis-du-Sig

as Director

1903

Le cortège à Pointe-Pescade

as Director

1903

M. le président au palais d’été, à Mustapha

as Director

1903

Le cortège

as Director

1903

M. le président montant à la tribune pour la revue

as Director

1903

Entrée du “Charlemagne” à Bizerte

as Director

1903

Biskra : enfants indigènes ramassant des pièces de monnaie

as Director

1897

Jury de peinture

as Director

1898

XII. La mise au tombeau

as Director

1898

V. Résurrection de Lazare

as Director

1898

III. L'arrivée à Jérusalem

as Director

1898

IV. Trahison de Judas

as Director

1898

XIII. La résurrection

as Director

1896

Chargement d’un wagon de tonneaux

as Director

1903

Revue du Bardo : cavalerie

as Director

1903

Biskra : une noce indigène

as Director

1898

The Adoration of the Magi

as Director

1898

XI. Le calvaire

as Director

1903

M. le président descendant l’escalier du Bardo

as Director

1903

Revue du Bardo : commencement du défilé. État-major. Pompiers

as Director

1903

Revue du Bardo : délégations tunisiennes

as Director

1897

Arrivée d'un bateau et débarquement à l'exposition

as Director

1897

Entrée du château dans le vieux Stockholm

as Director

1897

Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm

as Director

1897

Arrivée à l'exposition en bateau

as Director

1897

Avesta : les chutes

as Director

1897

Entrée du cortège royal à l'Exposition

as Director

1897

Arrivée du roi à l’exposition

as Director

1897

Norrström : débarquement

as Director

1897

Arrivée du kronprinz à l’exposition

as Director

1897

Norrström: panorama

as Director

1897

Saltsjöbaden : départ en chemin de fer, panorama

as Director

1897

Arrivée de la garde au palais royal, II

as Director

1896

Pont de la Tour

as Director

1897

Kastellholmen : panorama

as Director

1897

Strandvägen : panorama

as Director

1897

Arrivée de la garde au palais royal, I

as Director

1896

Danse javanaise

as Director

1896

Jongleur javanais

as Director

1896

Lutteurs javanais

as Director

1897

Cinghalais: danse des couteaux, I

as Director

1896

Marble arch

as Director

1896

Arab Market

as Director

1896

Rue Mascara

as Director

1897

Cinghalais : danse des couteaux, II

as Director

1897

Cinghalais : danse des couteaux, III

as Director

1896

Rue Sidi-Bou-Medine

as Director

1896

Rue de France

as Director

1897

Voyageur et voleurs

as Director

1897

Dentiste

as Director

1898

II. La fuite en Égypte

as Director

1897

La défense du drapeau

as Director

1896

Paris: Les souverains russes et le président de la République aux Champs-Élysées

as Director

1897

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise

as Director

1896

Paris : chasseurs à cheval et spahis de l’escorte

as Director

1896

Paris : dragons de l’escorte

as Director

1896

Paris : général Saussier et son état-major

as Director

1896

Turcos (défilé)

as Director

1896

La foule sur la place de l’Opéra

as Director

1901

Le char funèbre

as Director

1896

Tunis: Le Bey et son escorte

as Director

1897

Chez le cordonnier

as Director

1896

Halte à la gare

as Director

1896

Rue et porte Bab-el-Khadra

as Director

1896

Place Bab-Souika

as Director

1896

Rue Sidi-Ben-Arous

as Director

1896

Porte de France

as Director

1896

Rue El-Halfaouine

as Director

1897

Gardes à pied : exercices à la baïonnette

as Director

1896

Marché aux légumes

as Director

1896

Madrid, arrivée des toréadors

as Director

1896

Marché

as Director

1896

Souk el Bey

as Director

1896

Défilé du génie

as Director

1896

Cyclistes militaires

as Director

1896

Marché aux poissons

as Director

1896

Procession to Princess Maud's Wedding

as Director

1896

Distribution des vivres aux soldats

as Director

1896

Porte de Tolède

as Director

1896

Artillerie (exercice du tir)

as Director

1896

Hallebardiers de la reine

as Director

1896

Lanciers de la reine : défilé

as Director

1896

Garde descendante du palais royal

as Director

1896

The Cascade

as Director

1896

Place Bel-air

as Director

1896

Egyptian Oriental Dance

as Director

1896

Boston, Washington street

as Director

1896

Boston, Market street

as Director

1896

Boston, Tremont row

as Director

1896

Boston, Atlantic avenue

as Director

1896

Boston, Commercial Street

as Director

1896

New York, Broadway et Reade Street

as Director

1896

Chicago, Michigan avenue

as Director

1896

Métropolitain

as Director

1896

Niagara, les rapides

as Director

1896

New York, patineurs au Parc central

as Director

1897

Arrivée du train de Ramleh

as Director

1897

Le khédive et son escorte

as Director

1897

Le Caire, Place de la Citadelle

as Director

1897

Le Caire, Place du Gouvernement

as Director

1897

Damas, une place

as Director

1897

Place Méhémet Ali

as Director

1897

Le Caire, rue Sayeda-Zeinab

as Director

1897

Le Caire, rue Ataba-el-Khadra

as Director

1897

Bédouins avec chameaux sortant de l’octroi

as Director

1897

Le Caire : Place de l'Opéra

as Director

1897

Embarquement

as Director

1897

Beyrouth, Souk-Abou-el-Nassahr

as Director

1897

Le Caire, Place Soliman Pacha

as Director

1897

Le Caire, défilé de l’infanterie

as Director

1897

Damas, Souk-el-Fakhra

as Director

1897

Le Caire, rue Sharia-el-Nahassine

as Director

1897

Le Caire, Kasr-el-Nil

as Director

1897

Le Caire, rue Tath-el-Rab’

as Director

1897

Le Caire, sortie du pont de Kasr-el-Nil

as Director

1897

Le Caire, pont de Kasr-el-Nil

as Director

1897

Le Caire, sortie du pont de Kasr-el-Nil (chameaux)

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : Le cortège, les princes étrangers

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : la reine arrivant à Windsor

as Director

1896

Arab Cortege, Geneva

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : la foule suivant le cortège

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les ambassadeurs

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, l’artillerie de marine

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les gardes du corps et la musique des dragons

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, les cavaliers du Cap

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, l’artillerie à cheval

as Director

1897

Gardes écossais à Hyde Park

as Director

1897

Gardes à pied : maniement d’armes

as Director

1897

Gardes à pied : marche de front

as Director

1897

Panorama de la ville pris d’un bateau

as Director

1897

Anvers: arrivée en Bateau

as Director

1897

Gardes à pied : exercices d’assouplissement

as Director

1897

Arrivée de M. le président et du tsar à Peterhof

as Director

1897

Suite du cortège passant devant l’amiral Avellan

as Director

1897

Arrivée de M. le président à Saint-Pétersbourg

as Director

1897

M. le président passant devant la compagnie d’honneur

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : infanterie

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : pages

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : artillerie

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : cosaques

as Director

1897

Officiers russes attachés au président et journalistes

as Director

1897

Nounou et soldats

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : charge des hussards de l’impératrice

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : grenadiers

as Director

1897

Revue de Krasnoïe Selo : artillerie de forteresse

as Director

1897

Panorama de la ligne de Peterhof

as Director

1897

Les boxeurs et le spectateur trop curieux puni

as Director

1897

Danseur russe

as Director

1897

Napoléon et la sentinelle

as Director

1897

Chez le juge de paix

as Director

1897

Départ du Caire

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [VIII]

as Director

1897

Départ de Benha

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [II]

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [V]

as Director

1897

Jaffa : Marché, I

as Director

1897

Départ de Toukh

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [III]

as Director

1897

Jaffa : Marché, II

as Director

1897

Jaffa : arrivée d’un train

as Director

1897

Village de Sakkarah (cavaliers sur ânes)

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [VI]

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [VII]

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [IV]

as Director

1897

Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer (collines)

as Director

1897

Jaffa : débarquement d’une barque

as Director

1897

Jaffa : Marché, III

as Director

1897

Jérusalem : la voie douloureuse

as Director

1897

Jérusalem : la Voie douloureuse et entrée du Saint-Sépulcre

as Director

1897

Jaffa : panorama en chemin de fer

as Director

1897

Jérusalem : Porte de Jaffa, côté ouest

as Director

1897

Jérusalem : une rue

as Director

1897

Scène chez l’antiquaire

as Director

1897

Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

as Director

1897

Faust: Metamorphosis of Faust and Appearance of Marguerite

as Director

1897

Bataille d’enfants à coup d’oreillers

as Director

1897

Les dernières cartouches

as Director

1897

Assassinat de Kleber

as Director

1897

Signature du traité de Campo-Formio

as Director

1897

Une farce à la chambrée

as Director

1897

Death of Marat

as Director

1897

Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope

as Director

1897

Mort de Robespierre

as Director

1898

Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves

as Director

1897

Panorama de l'arrivée à Belfast

as Director

1897

Mort de Charles Ier

as Director

1897

Panorama du palais de Westminster pris de la Tamise

as Director

1897

Bateaux sur le lac de St-James Park

as Director

1897

Panorama du départ de Belfast

as Director

1897

Lisburn

as Director

1897

Liverpool, entrée dans Clarence Dock

as Director

1897

Liverpool, Lime Street

as Director

1897

Départ de Dunmurry

as Director

1897

Départ d’un bateau sur la Tamise

as Director

1897

Dublin, O'Connel Bridge

as Director

1897

Soundy Mounts

as Director

1897

Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, II

as Director

1897

13e hussards : arrivée et pied à terre

as Director

1897

Arrivée à Kingstown

as Director

1897

Départ de Lurgan

as Director

1897

Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, I

as Director

1897

13e hussards : saut d’obstacles par douze

as Director

1897

13e hussards : défilé par douze

as Director

1897

Ligne de Belfast à Kingstown, III

as Director

1897

Dublin, Départ de la gare. Panorama

as Director

1897

13e hussards : exercices du sabre, pied à terre et départ

as Director

1897

13e hussards : défilé

as Director

1897

13e hussards : saut d’obstacles

as Director

1897

13e hussards : charge

as Director

1898

Salut aux couleurs

as Director

1898

Défilé de l’artillerie de marine

as Director

1898

Départ des permissionnaires

as Director

1898

Remise des médailles de Madagascar

as Director

1898

Lavage du pont, II

as Director

1898

Défilé de la compagnie de débarquement, I

as Director

1898

Défilé d’inspection à bord de la compagnie de débarquement

as Director

1898

Les cuirassés de l’escadre (panorama)

as Director

1898

Embarquement des marins dans leurs canots

as Director

1898

Départ du canot major

as Director

1898

Le "Carnot"

as Director

1898

Lavage du pont, I

as Director

1898

Le "Formidable"

as Director

1898

Le "Courbet"

as Director

1898

Essuyage du pont

as Director

1898

Escrime au sabre

as Director

1898

Défilé d’inspection à bord des artilleurs et torpilleurs mineurs

as Director

1898

L’amiral rentrant à bord

as Director

1898

Embarquement d’un boeuf

as Director

1898

Défilé de la compagnie de débarquement, II

as Director

1898

Régates (retour)

as Director

1898

Hello from the Yardarms

as Director

1898

Arrivée d’un bateau et mise à l’ancre

as Director

1898

Régates (aller)

as Director

1898

Débarquement et feu de mousqueterie

as Director

1901

Bataillon Royal Irish Regiment

as Director

1902

Fort-de-France : femmes portant des corbeilles

as Director

1901

Irish Guards. Scots Guards

as Director

1898

Course de matelots

as Director

1901

Cortège. Musique des Household et corps des volontaires

as Director

1901

Hussards et dragons

as Director

1902

Fort-de-France : négrillons jouant sous les arbres

as Director

1898

Branle-bas de combat

as Director

1901

Carrosses de la cour. Fin du cortège

as Director

1901

Troupes coloniales

as Director

1901

Armée indienne

as Director

1901

Royal regiment d’artillerie

as Director

1898

Combat sur la voie ferrée

as Director

1896

Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau

as Director

1897

Liverpool, Church Street

as Director

1897

Football

as Director

1897

Jérusalem, le saint sépulcre

as Director

1898

Ramassage du linge

as Director

1896

New York: Broadway at Union Square

as Director

1896

New York, Brooklyn Bridge

as Director

1896

Chicago Police Parade

as Director

1897

Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

as Director

1897

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition

as Director

1897

Bruxelles, Grand’Place

as Director

1897

Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach

as Director

1897

Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore

as Director

1896

Puerta del Sol

as Director

1896

New York, Whitehall Street

as Director

1896

New York, Avenue et Union Square

as Director

1896

Lion, London Zoological Gardens

as Director

1897

The Pyramids (Overview)

as Director

1900

Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche

as Director

1897

Constantinople, panorama de la corne d'or

as Director

1896

New York, Broadway

as Director

1897

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, IV

as Director

1896

Déchargement d’un navire

as Director

1896

Rentrée à l'étable

as Director

1897

Dublin, pompiers : un incendie, II

as Director

1896

New York, descente des voyageurs du pont de Brooklyn

as Director

1898

Explosion en mer

as Director

1903

Le Bey de Tunis et les personnages de sa suite descendant l'escalier du Bardo

as Director

1902

Fort-de-France : marché

as Director

1897

Belfast, exercices de sauvetage

as Director

1897

Caravane de chameaux

as Director

1896

Children Digging for Clams

as Director

1898

X. La mise en croix

as Director

1898

VI. La cène

as Director

1896

Anes

as Director

1897

Bruxelles, Sainte-Gudule

as Director

1897

Bruxelles, la bourse

as Director

1897

Bruxelles, Place de Brouckère

as Director

1896

New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place

as Director

1897

Dublin, pompiers : Un Incendie, I

as Director

1896

Alger : prière du muezzin

as Director

1897

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, I

as Director

1896

Review of U.S. Military

as Director

1896

Boats in the New York Harbor

as Director

1897

Descent of the Great Pyramid

as Director

1896

Panorama of St. Mark's Square Taken From a Boat

as Director

1896

Danse au bivouac

as Director

1897

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, II

as Director

1897

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, III

as Director

1897

Belfast, Castle Place

as Director

1897

Sackville Street, Dublin

as Director

1897

Belfast : Queen's Bridge

as Director

1897

Belfast, Pompiers : Alerte

as Director

1897

Beyrouth, place des canons

as Director

1896

New York, Broadway and Wall Street

as Director

1897

Bethléem, une place

as Director

1896

Brooklyn, Fulton Street

as Director

1897

Jérusalem : porte de Jaffa, côté Est

as Director

1898

VIII: The Flagellation

as Director

1898

VII: The Arrest of Jesus Christ

as Director

1898

IX: The Crown of Thorns

as Director

1896

Tigers at the Zoo

as Director

1896

Alger: Rue Bab-Azoun

as Director

1896

Alger : place du gouvernement

as Director

1896

Londres, Piccadilly Circus

as Director

1896

Marché aux charbons (avec chameaux)

as Director

1896

Chicago, Grande Roue

as Director

1897

Panorama des rives du Nil, [I]

as Director

1897

Procession of the sacred carpet

as Director

1896

Niagara Falls

as Director

1897

Bourricots sous les palmiers

as Director

1897

Le Caire, un enterrement

as Director

1897

Barrage du Nil

as Director

1897

Garde descendante du Palais Saint James

as Director

1897

Fête du jubilé de la reine d'Angleterre : le cortège, la reine

as Director

1897

Une partie de lawn-tennis II

as Director

1897

Liverpool, la rade

as Director

1898

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

as Director

1897

Colleurs d'affiches

as Director

1896

Pelicans, London Zoological Garden

as Director

1897

Cairo, Artillery Parade

as Director

1903

Algiers-Koléa Line: Tunnel of Point Pescade

as Director

1897

Le charpentier maladroit

as Director

1897

Les tribulations d'une concierge

as Director

1897

Les deux ivrognes

as Director

1896

Fête au village

as Director

1896

The Queen's Lancers: Charge [Spain]

as Director

1903

Panorama du port d'Alger

as Director

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