author
Franz Paul Liesegang
1873–1949
A German photography and film-technology specialist, he wrote with the eye of both a scientist and an early cinema insider. His work helps modern readers see how projection, optics, and motion pictures developed in the years when film was still new.
4 Audiobooks
Das lebende Lichtbild: Entwicklung, Wesen und Bedeutung des Kinematographen
by Franz Paul Liesegang
Lichtbild- und Kino-Technik Lichtbühnen-Bibliothek Nr. 1
by Franz Paul Liesegang
Handbuch der praktischen Kinematographie Die verschiedenen Konstruktions-Formen des Kinematographen, die Darstellung der lebenden Lichtbilder sowie das ...
by Franz Paul Liesegang
Sciopticon: Einführung in die Projections-Kunst
by Franz Paul Liesegang
About the author
Born on March 5, 1873, in Elberfeld and later active in Düsseldorf, Franz Paul Liesegang was a German entrepreneur, optics specialist, and writer connected with the long-running firm Ed. Liesegang. Reference sources describe him as a partner and scientific director of the company, whose work centered on photography, projection, and film technology.
He is especially remembered for writing about the history and practice of projection and cinematography. His books explore how moving pictures worked, where the technology came from, and why it mattered, making them valuable snapshots of cinema in its early decades.
Liesegang died in Düsseldorf on December 31, 1949. Today, his writing remains useful not just for technical history, but for anyone curious about how people in the early 20th century understood the fast-changing world of film.