Charles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoons. Reynaud created the
Praxinoscope in 1877 and the
Théâtre Optique in December 1888, and on 28 October 1892 he projected the first animated film in public,
Pauvre Pierrot, at the
Musée Grévin in Paris. This is also notable as the first known instance of
film perforations being used.