Gabriel Veyre

Gabriel Veyre (February 1, 1871 – January 13, 1936) was an early film director and photographer born in France, but mainly known for his work in Mexico, Indochina and Morocco.

In 1896, he traveled along with Claude Ferdinand Bon Bernard to Latin America, in order to show the early films made by the Lumière Brothers and to exploit the cinematograph.

Between 1896 and 1897, he directed and produced 35 films in Mexico, with Von Bernard as the camera operator.

Many of those films feature the Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in daily activities.

After leaving Mexico, he continued touring Canada, Japan, China and Indochina.

A film shot by Gabriel Veyre in French Indochina (current Vietnam) depicting two French women tossing Sapèques into a crowd of Annamite (Vietnamese) children.