The Man Who Invented Motion PicturesIn 1888, Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector a year before Thomas Edison announced that he had invented a motion picture cameraLe Prince stepped on a train in France and disappeared without a trace. He was never seen or heard from again. No body was ever found. Le Prince's family were convinced Edison had stolen Louis's work, and so they sued