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François-Constant Girel
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Constant Girel was the son of a pharmacist and studied the subject at Lyon, at which time his brother-in-law was employed at the Lumière factory. He was taken on as a Lumière operator some time in 1896, filming for them in Germany in September of that year, when he made contact with Ludwig Stollwerck and filmed Tsar Nikolas II's inspection of the German army at Breslau. It was the Stollwerk connection that no doubt led him to Switzerland, where he worked for another Lumière representative, Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, before filming the Tsar again towards the end of the year at Cherbourg and Chalons. On 6 December he left for Japan, arriving at Kobe on 9 January 1897, where he met up with the Lumière representative for Japan, Inabata Katsutaro. The pair then inaugurated the cinema in Japan with a program at Osaka's Nanchi Theatre on 15 February 1897. Girel's competence as a cameraman has been questioned, but he filmed a wide number of Japanese scenes, many of which ended up in the Lumière catalog. He returned to France after a year, being replaced by Gabriel Veyre, approached Pathé Frères but failed to find further work in film, and returned to pharmacy.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1873-01-01
- event Death Date 1952-01-01
- school Known for: Camera
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- info Birth Place Seyssel (Ain)
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Cherbourg: Entrée des souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall
1896-10-05
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Cherbourg : débarquement des souverains russes
1896-10-05
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Pont sur le Rhin
1896-09-21
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Procession, I
1897-10-03
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Danse Tyrolienne
1896-09-21
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Chutes du Rhin vues de près
1897-01-24
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Bersagliers
1897-01-17
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Görlitz : revue devant Guillaume II et Nicolas II
1896-09-08
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Dîner japonais
1897-01-09
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III. Défilé de hussards devant Guillaume II
1896-09-05
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Yokohama : déchargement dans un port
1897-01-09
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I. Avant l'inauguration. Arrivée des souverains
1896-09-04
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Guillaume II et Nicolas II à cheval
1896-09-05
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Un pont à Kyoto
1898-09-18
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Acteurs japonais : danse d’homme
1897-05-17
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Procession shintoïste
1898-07-01
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Arrivée d’un train à Nagoya
1897-01-09
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Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles
1898-02-06
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Les Aïnos à Yeso, [II]
1897-10-18
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Une scène au théâtre japonais
1897-05-27
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Sortie d’un temple shintoïste
1897-01-09
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Repas en famille
1897-01-09
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Repas en famille
1897-01-09
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Lutteurs japonais
1898-02-20
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Japanese Sword Fencing
1897-10-20
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Repas en famille
1897-01-09
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Les Aïnos à Ueso, [I]
1897-10-18
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Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise
1900-01-21
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Acteurs japonais : bataille au sabre
1897-01-10
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Une rue à Tokyo
1897-01-10
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Coolies à Saïgon
1897-09-26
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Pont de bateaux
1896-09-21
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Panorama pris d'un bateau
1896-09-21
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Woodcutters
1896-09-22
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Roi et Reine d'Italie
1896-11-20
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II. Inauguration
1896-09-05
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Chutes du Rhin vues de loin
1896-09-28
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Défilé du 8e bataillon
1896-09-28