The Gaumont Film Company (/ˈɡoʊmɒ̃/,[citation needed] French: [ɡomɔ̃]), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.[5] Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (founded in 1912).[6]