William Horner:- He is the major figure in animation who created the zoe trope although it was orignal given another name before being named zoetrope it was known as Daedalum the wheel of the devil. The inventation used similar princiaples as Joseph Plateau but this would created more slits and when spawn a person would be able to see the pictures moving where in fact with speed of the rotation made them infact just appear to be moving.

Charles Reynaud creatd the first viewed animation film in public in 1892 Pauvre Pierrot In Paris. He used a teachnqiue known as praxinoscope and was actually a school science team. He left a legacy in animation and created greats films but was crushed in his later years through the new cinematography dejected and penniless he threw the msot of his ireeplaceable work innto the seine.
Edward Muybridge:- Edward Muybridge was an english photographer who spent most of his life in the united states. He is mostly recgonised for his zoopraxiscope.The zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion. The stop-motion images were initially painted onto the glass, as silhouettes. A second series of discs, made in 1892-94, used outline drawings printed onto the discs photographically, then colored by hand.
Edison (kinetoscope) :- The kinetoscope was an early motion picture device. It was designed for films to be viewed induvidually through a cabinet. He and his employees william Keendy and Laurie Dickson between 1889 and 1892 . This was use standard by all cinematic projection until the invention of the video.
Lumiere brothers:- The lumiere brothers created the first film. They created the first ever film by filming workers leaving work. They was a amssive infulence on film and started off working for their dad before takign over the family business.
George Pal:- George pal was a hungerian born american inventor. In 1933 he made an advertisment in his hotel room in Paris. and was invented by Phillips. He left Germany when the naiz's got to power and moved to america.