Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist and mathematician. He became the inspiration for modern cinema as he was the first man to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. Plateau was born on October 14, 1801, and died on September 15, 1883.
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was described as the ‘Father of Film’ based on his notable work and invention of phenakistiscope.
Plateau was the son of an artist named Antoine Plateau, who was specialized in painting flowers. He was born in Brussels, and very talented since his childhood. For instance, Plateau could read at the very age of six that makes...