Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Émile Reynaud (December 8, 1844 - January 9, 1918), french science teacher, and responsible for the first animation films. He created the praxynoscope in 1879 and Théatre optique in 1889, and projected the first animated film, the Octobre 28 1982 at Musée Grévin, in Paris, France. External link Émile Reynaud biography another bio Books Émile Reynaud et l'image s'anima from Dominique Auzel, DREAMLAND éditeur, ISBN: 2-910027-37-6, Émile Reynaud biography (french). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.