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George Albert Smith (I) (1864–1959)

Director | Cinematographer | Producer

Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès George Albert Smith was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantastic themes, often using surprisingly sophisticated special effects. His background was ideal--an established portrait photographer, he also had a long-standing interest in show business... See full bio »

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in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK

Died:

(age 95)
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1911 Man's Best Friend (documentary short)
 
1910 From Bud to Blossom (documentary short)
 
1910 A Visit to the Seaside at Brighton Beach, England (documentary short)
 
1909 Choosing the Wallpaper (short)
 
1909 Kinemacolor Puzzle (short)
 
1909 Natural Colour Portraiture (short)
 
1904 The Baby and the Ape (short)
 
1903 Dorothy's Dream (short)
 
1903 John Bull's Hearth (short)
 
1903 The Free Trade Bench (short)
 
1903 Mary Jane's Mishap (short)
 
1903 Life of a London Bobby (short)
 
1903 Pa's Comment on the Morning News (short)
 
1903 Sick Kitten (short)
 
1903 The Monk in the Monastery Wine Cellar (short)
 
1902 Hilarity on Board Ship (short)
 
1902 Pantomime Girls Having a Lark (short)
 
1902 The Amazons' March and Evolutions (short)
 
1902 Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (short)
 
1902 An Episode in the Life of a Lodger (short)
 
1902 At Last! That Awful Tooth (short)
 
1902 His First Cigar, Probably His Last (short)
 
1902 That Awful Cigar (short)
 
1902 The Monk in the Studio (short)
 
1902 The Monk's Macaroni Feast (short)
 
1902 The Monk's Ruse for Lunch (short)
 
1902 Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria (documentary short)
 
1902 Tambourine Dancing Quartette (short)
 
1902 The March of the Amazons (short)
 
1902 Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School (short)
 
1902 Topsy-Turvy Dance by Three Quaker Maidens (short)
 
1902 The Donkey and the Serpentine Dance (short)
 
1902 The Irishman and the Button (short)
 
1902 Tommy Atkins and His Harriet on a Bank Holiday (short)
 
1902 Oh That Collar Button! (short)
 
1902 The Cakewalk (short)
 
1902 The Absent Minded Clerk, Fly Paper and Silk Hat (short)
 
1902 The Two Old Sports at the Music Hall (short)
 
1902 Too Much of a Good Thing (short)
 
1901 In the Green Room (short)
 
1901 The Adrian Troupe of Cyclists (short)
 
1901 A Good Story (short)
 
1901 Photograph from an Area Window (short)
 
1901 The Kitten Nursery (short)
 
1901 The Last Glass of the Two Old Sports (short)
 
1901 The Little Doctor and the Sick Kitten (short)
 
1901 The Bill Poster's Revenge (short)
 
1901 The Monocle: Me and Joe Chamberlain (short)
 
1901 The Death of Poor Joe (short) (as G.A. Smith)
 
1901 Whiskey Versus Bullets (short)
 
1901 The Little Doctors (short)
 
1900 The Village Choir (short)
 
1900 Where Did You Get It? (short)
 
1900 Grandma's Reading Glass (short)
 
1900 Two Jolly Old Fellows (short)
 
1900 A Bad Cigar (short)
 
1900 The Professor and His Field Glass (short)
 
1900 Grandma Threading Her Needle (short)
 
1900 Scandal Over the Teacups (short)
 
1900 Snapshotting an Audience (short)
 
1900 The Dull Razor (short)
 
1900 The House That Jack Built (short)
 
1900 The Old Maid's Valentine (short)
 
1900 The Two Old Sports' Game of Nap (short)
 
1900 The Two Old Sports' Political Discussion (short)
 
1900 A Quick Shave and Brush Up (short)
 
1900 Let Me Dream Again (short)
 
1900 A Jolly Old Couple (short)
 
1900 An Incident on Brighton Pier (short)
 
1900 The Conjurer (short)
 
1900 The Two Old Sports (short)
 
1900 Two Grinning Yokels (short)
 
1900 Grandmother's Wolf (short)
 
1900 Letty Limelight in Her Lair (short)
 
1899 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (short)
 
1899 Dick Whittington (short)
 
1899/I A Kiss in the Tunnel (short)
 
1899 A Game of Chess and Kisses (short)
 
1899 Good Stories (short)
 
1899 The Gambler's Wife (short)
 
1899 The Haunted Picture Gallery (short)
 
1899 The Inexhaustible Cab (short)
 
1899 The Sandwiches (short)
 
1899 A Good Joke (short)
 
1899 The Legacy (short)
 
1899 Brighton (documentary short)
 
1898 Ally Sloper (short)
 
1898 Animated Clown Portrait (short)
 
1898 Santa Claus (short) (as G.A. Smith)
 
1898 The Mesmerist (short)
 
1898 Cinderella (short)
 
1898 Faust and Mephistopheles (short)
 
1898 Photographing a Ghost (short)
 
1898 The Baker and the Sweep (short)
 
1898 The Corsican Brothers (short)
 
1898 The Lady Barber (short)
 
1898 The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper (short)
 
1898 A Practical Joke (short)
 
1898 The Runaway Knock (short)
 
1898 Aladdin (short)
 
1898 Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (documentary short)
 
1898 Faust (short)
 
1898 Girls Bathing (documentary short)
 
1898 Hanging Out the Clothes; or, Master, Mistress and Maid (short)
 
1898 Maypole Dance (documentary short)
 
1898 Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer (short) (uncredited)
 
1898/II Phantom Ride (short)
 
1898 The Woman Barber (short)
 
1898 Waves and Spray (short)
 
1897 Making Sausages (short)
 
1897 The Haunted Castle (short)
 
1897 The Sign Writer (short)
 
1897 Tipsy-Topsy-Turvy (short)
 
1897 The X-Ray Fiend (short)
 
1897 Children Paddling at the Seaside (short)
 
1897 Comic Face (short)
 
1897 Comic Shaving (short)
 
1897 Gymnastics - Indian Club Performer (short)
 
1897 Nursing the Baby (short)
 
1897 Weary Willie (short)
 
1897 The Maid in the Garden (short)
 
1897/I The Miller and Chimney Sweep (short)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (documentary short)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car No. 2 (documentary short)
 
1897 Football and Cricket (documentary short)
 
1897 Football Game and Scrimmage (documentary short)
 
1897 Hanging Out the Clothes (short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry, Afternoon Tea (short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry at Her Window (short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry Gathering Flowers (short)
 
1897 Mohawk Minstrels (documentary short)
 
1897 Passenger Train (documentary short)
 
1897 Pierrot Troupe (documentary short)
 
1897 Portsmouth Express (documentary short)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Colonials (documentary short)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Queen's Carriage (documentary short)
 
1897 Sailing and Car (documentary short)
 
1897 Sailing Boat (documentary short)
 
1897 Squad with Horizontal Bar (documentary short)
 
1897 Squad with Vaulting Horse (documentary short)
 
1897 The Miller and the Sweep (No. 2) (documentary short)
 
1897/II Trafalgar Day (documentary short)
 
1897 Walking Greasy Pole (documentary short)
 
1897 Westminster (documentary short)
 
1897 Workers Leaving Brighton Railway Station (documentary short)
 
1897 Yachting (documentary short)
 
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1904 Firework Display at Crystal Palace (documentary short)
 
1904 Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (documentary short)
 
1904 Holiday Makers Dancing on Crystal Palace Terrace (documentary short)
 
1902 Ascent of a Crystal Palace Balloon (documentary short)
 
1902 Ping-Pong Contest at Crystal Palace (documentary short)
 
1902 Various Stages of Balloon Inflation (documentary short)
 
1901 A Water Carnival (documentary short)
 
1901 Bicycle Race at the Crystal Palace (documentary short)
 
1901 Corpus Christi Procession at Naples (documentary short)
 
1901 Incidents from the Battle of Trafalgar (documentary short)
 
1901 Naples and Vesuvius (documentary short)
 
1901 Naval Demonstration: S.S. Ophir (documentary short)
 
1901 Panorama of Naples Harbour (documentary short)
 
1901 Vesuvius in Eruption (documentary short)
 
1901 Water Pantomime (documentary short)
 
1900 The Professor and His Field Glass (short)
 
1900 Beauty and the Sandow Exerciser (documentary short)
 
1900 Drill of the Kansas City Fire Department (documentary short)
 
1900 Exhibition of Quick Harnessing with Trained Horses (documentary short)
 
1900 Launch of Brighton Lifeboat from Pier (documentary short)
 
1900 Panorama of the Lake and Its Surroundings (documentary short)
 
1900 Panorama View of Crystal Palace Terraces (documentary short)
 
1900 Physical Culture by Sandow's Pupils (documentary short)
 
1900 Sandow's Herculean Feat (documentary short)
 
1900 Sandow's Record Lift (documentary short)
 
1900 Sandow's Roman Horse Lift (documentary short)
 
1900 The Prehistoric Monsters at Crystal Palace (documentary short)
 
1899/I A Kiss in the Tunnel (short)
 
1899 A Brighton Fire Drill (documentary short)
 
1899 A Hilarious Bank Holiday Crowd (documentary short)
 
1899 All the Fun of the Fair (documentary short)
 
1899 Around the Swings on a Bank Holiday (documentary short)
 
1899 Arrival of Hose Cart (documentary short)
 
1899 Brighton (documentary short)
 
1899 Kaffirs and Zulus on the Warpath (documentary short)
 
1899 Launch of the Shamrock (documentary short)
 
1899 Life Saving by Rope and Sling (documentary short)
 
1899 Over the Tower (documentary short)
 
1899 Police Officers Full Uniform Dress Race (documentary short)
 
1899 Rescue of Tower by Escapes (documentary short)
 
1899 Savage South Africa Arriving at Earl's Court (documentary short)
 
1899 The Brighton Fire: Arrival of the Brigade (documentary short)
 
1899 The Brighton Fire: The Department at Work (documentary short)
 
1899 The Swings at Crystal Palace (documentary short)
 
1899 Through Tubs (documentary short)
 
1899 Under Blankets (documentary short)
 
1898 Animated Portrait: Miss Marie Lloyd (documentary short)
 
1898 Children on the Sands (documentary short)
 
1898 Down Exeter Incline (documentary short)
 
1898 Girls Bathing (documentary short)
 
1898/II Gladstone's Funeral (documentary short)
 
1898 Launch of the Skylark (documentary short)
 
1898 Maypole Dance (documentary short)
 
1898/II Phantom Ride (short)
 
1898 Portsmouth Ferry (documentary short)
 
1898 The Dog Show (documentary short)
 
1898 The Esplanade (documentary short)
 
1898 The Lower Esplanade (documentary short)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (documentary short)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car No. 2 (documentary short)
 
1897 Football and Cricket (documentary short)
 
1897 Football Game and Scrimmage (documentary short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry, Afternoon Tea (short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry at Her Window (short)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry Gathering Flowers (short)
 
1897 Mohawk Minstrels (documentary short)
 
1897 Passenger Train (documentary short)
 
1897 Pierrot Troupe (documentary short)
 
1897 Portsmouth Express (documentary short)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Colonials (documentary short)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Queen's Carriage (documentary short)
 
1897 Sailing and Car (documentary short)
 
1897 Sailing Boat (documentary short)
 
1897 Squad with Horizontal Bar (documentary short)
 
1897 Squad with Vaulting Horse (documentary short)
 
1897 The Miller and the Sweep (No. 2) (documentary short)
 
1897/II Trafalgar Day (documentary short)
 
1897 Walking Greasy Pole (documentary short)
 
1897 Westminster (documentary short)
 
1897 Yachting (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (65 titles)
1910 A Visit to the Seaside at Brighton Beach, England (documentary short) (producer)
 
1909 Kinemacolor Puzzle (short) (producer)
 
1903 Dorothy's Dream (short) (producer)
 
1903 Mary Jane's Mishap (short) (producer)
 
1903 Sick Kitten (short) (producer)
 
1902 Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (short) (producer)
 
1902 The Two Old Sports at the Music Hall (short) (producer)
 
1901 The Little Doctors (short) (producer)
 
1900 Grandma's Reading Glass (short) (producer)
 
1900 The Professor and His Field Glass (short) (producer)
 
1900 The House That Jack Built (short) (producer)
 
1900 Let Me Dream Again (short) (producer)
 
1899 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (short) (producer)
 
1899/I A Kiss in the Tunnel (short) (producer)
 
1899 The Legacy (short) (producer)
 
1899 Boxing Match Between M. Leneve and Miss Norah Sullivan (documentary short) (producer)
 
1899 Brighton (documentary short) (producer)
 
1898 Ally Sloper (short) (producer)
 
1898 Animated Clown Portrait (short) (producer)
 
1898 Santa Claus (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Mesmerist (short) (producer)
 
1898 Cinderella (short) (producer)
 
1898 Faust and Mephistopheles (short) (producer)
 
1898 Photographing a Ghost (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Baker and the Sweep (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Corsican Brothers (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Lady Barber (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper (short) (producer)
 
1898 A Practical Joke (short) (producer)
 
1898 The Runaway Knock (short) (producer)
 
1898 Aladdin (short) (producer)
 
1898 Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (documentary short) (producer)
 
1898 Faust (short) (producer)
 
1898 Girls Bathing (documentary short) (producer)
 
1898/II Gladstone's Funeral (documentary short) (producer)
 
1898 Hanging Out the Clothes; or, Master, Mistress and Maid (short) (producer)
 
1898/II Phantom Ride (short) (producer)
 
1898 Portsmouth Ferry (documentary short) (producer)
 
1898 Waves and Spray (short) (producer)
 
1897 The Haunted Castle (short) (producer)
 
1897 The X-Ray Fiend (short) (producer)
 
1897/I The Miller and Chimney Sweep (short) (producer)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car No. 2 (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Football and Cricket (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Football Game and Scrimmage (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Hanging Out the Clothes (short) (producer)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry, Afternoon Tea (short) (producer)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry at Her Window (short) (producer)
 
1897 Miss Ellen Terry Gathering Flowers (short) (producer)
 
1897 Mohawk Minstrels (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Passenger Train (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Pierrot Troupe (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Portsmouth Express (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Colonials (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession: Queen's Carriage (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Sailing and Car (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Sailing Boat (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Squad with Horizontal Bar (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Squad with Vaulting Horse (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 The Miller and the Sweep (No. 2) (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897/II Trafalgar Day (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Walking Greasy Pole (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Westminster (documentary short) (producer)
 
1897 Yachting (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1909 Choosing the Wallpaper (short)
 
1909 Natural Colour Portraiture (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1900 The House That Jack Built (short)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1899/I A Kiss in the Tunnel (short)
 
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