Ottomar Anschütz

Ottomar Anschütz
Anschütz, 1886
Born(1846-05-16)16 May 1846
Died20 May 1907(1907-05-20) (aged 61)
NationalityGerman
Known forPhotography

Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846 – 30 May 1907) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer.

He is widely seen as an early pioneer in the history of film technology. At the Postfuhramt in Berlin, Anschütz held the first showing of life sized pictures in motion on 25 November 1894.