About Angénieux :
 

Angénieux is world-renowned for its cinema lenses. The company has been honored with three ACADEMY AWARDS® (1964, 1989, 2009), receiving the Technical Achievement Award (2012) from the Society of Camera Operators and the Bert Easey Technical Award (2014) by the British Society of Cinematographers: Angénieux lenses have become a point of reference for image professionals, they are used worldwide for cinema, television, music videos and commercials.

The brand’s history started in 1935, more than 80 years ago, with the creation of the Pierre Angénieux Company. In 1993, Angénieux became a Thales Group brand.

Cinema enthusiast and genius inventor, Pierre Angénieux laid the foundations of the modern zoom lenses and ensured his company’s continued success, which experienced an incredible destiny. Pierre Angénieux was not only interested in cinema: he also turned to photography, television, optronics, and medicine. Angénieux lenses have even gone all the way to the moon! Chosen by NASA in the 1960s, they have participated in different missions of the prestigious American organization. They were aboard Apollo 11 and participated in the extraordinary success of the mission that, 50 years ago, showed the images of man’s first step on the moon.

Published in 2019 the book « Angénieux and Cinema: From Light to Image” (Silvana Editoriale) retraces the incredible adventure of Angénieux through 270 illustrated pages.. The book is available in English and French.

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