Michael speaks with Paul Fischer, author of ‘The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies’.

Mr Fischer’s book investigates the life and mysterious disappearance of Louis Le Prince, the French artist who in 1888 invented an early motion-picture camera and become possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of film.

“Part detective story and part scientific journal, Fischer’s narrative will appeal to true crime afficionados, history buffs, movie fans, and engineers—what other book can claim that audience?—as it presents a possible alternate history…” – New York Journal of Books

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