Albert Kirchner patented a motion picture camera, but he is historically significant because of his very odd body of film work as a director. He directed the first known films in two widely disparate genres. His personal views are unknown.
In 1896, using the pseudonym of Lear, he directed a film, La coucher de la Marie, which was a recording of Louise Willy's striptease stage show in Cairo, Egypt. This is believed to be the first pornographic film and was prosecuted as such in 1901 in Europe.
After making a series of comedy short films, Kirchner then (1897) shot La passion du Christ, considered to be the first biblical film. It is a recording of a stage play performed in Paris.
Kirchner died in 1898 or soon after.
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