Auguste and Louis Lumiere's father Claude-Antoine ran a photography firm where both of them worked. They were the earliest film makers in history. When their father retired in 1892, the Lumiere brothers started working on the process of moving images which led to the invention of the revolutionary film camera known as the Cinematograph. 
The cinematograph is a camera for motion picture film, invented in the 1890s which also acts as a film projector and developer. Light from a lamp which was mounted behind an almost transparent film projected he fast moving images on the screen. The device was operated by a hand crank which needed to be turned to see the images. A glass flask of water was placed in the projector which acted as a block system and would protect the film and also extend its expiry date. The brothers held their first private screening of projected motion picture in 1895 and held their first public screening of films at which admission were held in December 1895. This featured a short film, 'Sortie Des Usines Lumiere a Lyon'.
The Lumiere brothers based their invention from Thomas Edison's kinetoscope and tried to correct its flaws. The device was better than the kinetscope as the images were sharper had better illumination. The cinematograph was easier to carry around than Edison's kinetoscope as it was much lighter. It could be improved if the images were in colour but this would have taken a long time to do and it was just easier for the images to be in black and white. I think the cinematograph is an important invention as it was the start of film and cinema. The invention of the cinematograph has definitely played a massive role in the creating of film and cinema.
Source(s):
http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/lumiere_bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematograph
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