Als eerbetoon aan de gebroeders Lumière, filmpioniers bij uitstek, werd aan 40 internationale regisseurs gevraagd een korte film te maken. Zij moesten daarbij gebruik maken van de originele, door de broers Lumière ontwikkelde 'Cinematographe'. Bovendien mochten de filmpjes niet langer zijn dan 52 seconden, er mocht geen gesynchroniseerd geluid in voorkomen en niet meer dan 3 takes.
Nee, helaas is Lumière et Compagnie nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Directing | Vicente Aranda | Director |
| Directing | John Boorman | Director |
| Directing | Alain Corneau | Director |
| Directing | Raymond Depardon | Director |
| Directing | Francis Girod | Director |
| Directing | عباس کیارستمی | Director |
| Directing | Cédric Klapisch | Director |
| Directing | Spike Lee | Director |
| Directing | Claude Lelouch | Director |
| Directing | Michael Haneke | Director |
| Directing | David Lynch | Director |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Directing | Costa-Gavras | Director |
| Directing | Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος | Director |
| Directing | Peter Greenaway | Director |
| Directing | Hugh Hudson | Director |
| Directing | Gaston Kaboré | Director |
| Directing | Андрей Кончаловский | Director |
| Directing | Bigas Luna | Director |
| Directing | Sarah Moon | Director |
| Directing | Arthur Penn | Director |
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Directing | Jerry Schatzberg | Director |
| Directing | Nadine Trintignant | Director |
| Directing | Fernando Trueba | Director |
| Directing | Liv Ullmann | Director |
| Directing | Jaco Van Dormael | Director |
| Directing | Régis Wargnier | Director |
| Directing | 吉田喜重 | Director |
| Directing | 张艺谋 | Director |
| Directing | Merzak Allouache | Director |
| Directing | Gabriel Axel | Director |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Directing | Patrice Leconte | Director |
| Directing | Ismail Merchant | Director |
| Directing | Claude Miller | Director |
| Directing | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Director |
| Directing | Jacques Rivette | Director |
| Directing | Youssef Chahine | Director |
| Directing | Lucian Pintilie | Director |
| Writing | Philippe Poulet | Idea |
| Art | Anne Andreu | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jean-Jacques Lemêtre | Music |
| Editing | Timothy Miller | Editor |
| Editing | Roger Ikhlef | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Nicolet | Costume Design |
| Production | Anne Andreu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Neal Edelstein | Producer |
| Production | Fabienne Servan Schreiber | Producer |
| Production | Humbert Balsan | Associate Producer |
| Production | Søren Stærmose | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ángel Amigo | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Didier Ferry | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean-Yves Le Mener | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Frédéric LeClair | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sarah Moon | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sven Nykvist | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Philippe Poulet | Director of Photography |