1896 in film

Years in film:	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years:	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul developed their own film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph).
January - In the United States, a projector called the Vitascope was designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat began working with Thomas Edison to manufacture the Vitascope, which projected motion pictures.
Pathé Frères film company founded
April - Thomas Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York City
May 14 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia crowned in Moscow, in the first coronation ever recorded in film.
French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effects techniques, including stop-motion photography.
William Selig founded the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago.
Demeny-Gaumont works on a 60 mm format, first known as Biographe (unperforated), then Chronophotographe (perforated).
Casimir Sivan and E. Dalphin create a 38 mm format.