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Overview

Date of Birth:
1864, Paris, France more
Date of Death:
6 March 1947, Paris, France more
Mini Biography:
Was a cafe concert entertainer before Charles Pathe noticed him during... more
Trivia:
Brother of writer Louis Z. Rollini.
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Cinematographer, Set Decorator, Archive Footage
Director:
  1. Le calvaire d'une reine (1919) (co-director)
    ... aka The Martyrdom of a Queen (USA: literal English title)
  2. Les larmes du pardon (1919) (co-director)
    ... aka Tears of Forgiveness (UK: literal English title)
  3. Le Noël d'un vagabond (1915) (co-director)
    ... aka Le Noël du vagabond (France: alternative title)
  4. Le vieux cabotin (1915) (co-director)
  5. La jolie Bretonne (1914) (co-director)
    ... aka The Constancy of Jeanne (USA)
  6. La danse héroïque (1914) (co-director)
  7. La lutte pour la vie (1914) (co-director)
    ... aka Struggle for Life (International: English title)
  8. L'étoile du génie (1914) (co-director)
  9. Coeur de femme (1913) (co-director)
  10. La comtesse noire (1913) (co-director)
    ... aka The Black Countess (International: English title)
  11. La leçon du gouffre (1913) (co-director)
  12. Le roi de l'air (1913) (co-director)
    ... aka King of the Air (USA)
  13. La fièvre de l'or (1912) (co-director)
  14. Le mariage de Dranem (1912)
  15. Scènes de la vie cruelle (1912) (co-director)
  16. Slippery Jim (1910)
  17. Cléopâtre (1910) (co-director)
    ... aka Antony and Cleopatra (International: English title)
    ... aka Cleopatra (USA)
  18. La tragique aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine (1910) (co-director)
    ... aka A Tragic Adventure (USA)
    ... aka Robert le Taciturne (France: short title)
  19. 1812 (1910) (co-director)
    ... aka Un épisode de 1812 (France: alternative title)

  20. L'homme invisible (1909)
    ... aka The Invisible Thief (USA)
  21. Le caprice du vainqueur (1909) (co-director)
  22. La valse de la veuve joyeuse (1908)
    ... aka The Merry Widow Waltz (USA)
  23. Le rêve d'argent (1908)
    ... aka The Policeman's Dream (International: English title)
    ... aka The Policeman's Vision (USA)
  24. L'affaire Dreyfus (1908) (co-director)
    ... aka The Dreyfus Affair (USA)
  25. L'homme à la tête de veau (1908)
    ... aka The Man with Calf's Head (USA)
  26. Les souliers de Dranem (1908)
  27. Samson (1908/II) (co-director)
  28. Le pêcheur de perles (1907)
    ... aka Down in the Deep (International: English title)
    ... aka The Pearl Fisher (USA)
    ... aka The Pearl Fisherman (International: English title: literal title)
  29. Le spectre rouge (1907) (co-director)
    ... aka The Red Spectre (USA)
  30. L'école du malheur (1907)
    ... aka Distress (USA)
  31. Jalousie et folie (1907)
    ... aka From Jealousy to Madness (USA)
  32. La course des sergents de ville (1907)
    ... aka The Policemen's Little Run (USA)
    ... aka The Policemen's Race (International: English title: informal literal title)
  33. Le poil à gratter (1907)
    ... aka A Diabolical Itching (USA)
  34. Les effets d'une valse lente (1907)
  35. L'homme Protée (1907)
    ... aka The Chameleon Man (International: English title)
  36. Métempsycose (1907) (co-director)
    ... aka Metempsychosis (International: English title)
    ... aka The Transformation (International: English title)
  37. Petite Lisie héroïque (1907)
  38. Noce en goguette (1906)
    ... aka Fun After the Wedding (USA)
  39. Les exécutions capitales (1906)
    ... aka La peine de mort à travers les âges (France: alternative title)
  40. L'alcool engendre la tuberculose (1905)
    ... aka Alcohol and Its Victims (International: English title)
  41. Les apaches de Paris (1905)
    ... aka Apaches in Paris (USA)
    ... aka Apaches of Paris (International: English title)
  42. Brigandage moderne (1905)
    ... aka Highway Robbery Modern Style (International: English title)
    ... aka Modern Brigandage (USA)
    ... aka Modern Brigandage: Automobile Style (USA)
  43. Vendetta (1905)
    ... aka Avenged (USA)
    ... aka The Vendetta (USA)
  44. Dix femmes pour un mari (1905) (co-director)
    ... aka Ten Wives for One Husband (USA)
  45. Au pays noir (1905) (co-director)
    ... aka Down in the Coal Mines (USA)
    ... aka In the Mining District (International: English title)
    ... aka The Mining District (USA)
    ... aka Tragedy in a Coal Mine (UK)
  46. Rêve à la lune (1905) (co-director)
    ... aka Dream of the Moon (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Drunkard's Dream or Why You Sign the Pledge (UK)
    ... aka L'amant de la lune (France: alternative title)
  47. L'honneur d'un père (1905)
    ... aka A Father's Honor (USA)
  48. L'incendiaire (1905) (co-director)
    ... aka The Incendiary (USA)
  49. Au bagne (1905)
    ... aka Scenes of Convict Life (USA)
  50. Automobile et cul-de-jatte (1905)
    ... aka Motorcar and Cripple (International: English title) (USA)
    ... aka Motorcar and Legless Beggar (UK: literal title)
  51. Ce que l'on voit de la Bastille (1905)
    ... aka Bird's Eye View of Paris (USA)
  52. D'où vient-il? (1905)
    ... aka Whence Does He Come? (USA)
  53. La caverne infernale (1905)
  54. La course aux tonneaux (1905)
  55. Le remords (1905)
    ... aka Remorse (USA)
  56. Le rêve de Dranem (1905)
    ... aka Dranem's Dream (USA)
  57. Un drame à Venise (1905)
    ... aka Venetian Tragedy (USA)
  58. Erreur de porte (1904)
    ... aka Mistake in the Door (USA)
    ... aka The Wrong Door (USA)
  59. Le mitron (1904)
    ... aka The Baker (UK)
    ... aka The Clever Baker (USA)
  60. La grève (1904)
    ... aka The Strike (USA)
  61. Roman d'amour (1904)
    ... aka Annie's Love Story (USA)
    ... aka The Wages of Sin Is Death (USA)
  62. La purge (1904)
    ... aka A Disagreeable Remedy (USA)
    ... aka The Bad Remedy (USA)
  63. Un remède désagréable (1904)
  64. L'amour à tous les étages (1904)
    ... aka Love at Each Floor (USA)
    ... aka Love on Every Floor (UK)
  65. Le portrait (1904)
  66. Les petits coupeurs de bois vert (1904)
  67. Le chat botté (1903) (co-director)
    ... aka Puss in Boots (USA)
  68. Don Quichotte (1903) (co-director)
    ... aka Adventures of the Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote (International: English title)
    ... aka Don Quixote (International: English title: short title)
    ... aka Les aventures de Don Quichotte (France: alternative title)
  69. La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (1903) (co-director)
    ... aka La passion (France: alternative title)
    ... aka La passion de Notre-Seigneur Jésus Christ (France: alternative title)
    ... aka Life of Our Savior (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Passion and Death of Christ (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka The Life and Passion of Christ (International: English title)
    ... aka The Passion Play (USA)
    ... aka Vie et passion du Christ (France: alternative title)
  70. Repas infernal (1903)
    ... aka The Infernal Meal (USA)
  71. La vie d'un joueur (1903)
    ... aka Le démon du jeu ou La vie d'un joueur (France: alternative title)
    ... aka The Gambler's Crime (USA)
  72. Le premier cigare du collégien (1903)
    ... aka A Boy's First Smoke (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Cadet's First Smoke (USA)
    ... aka His First Smoke (UK)
    ... aka The Collegiate's First Cigar (UK: reissue title)
  73. Le chien et la pipe (1903)
    ... aka Disagreeable Railroad Passengers (USA)
    ... aka The Disagreeable Passengers (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Dog and the Pipe; Or, No Smoking Allowed (USA: reissue title)
  74. La soubrette ingénieuse (1903)
    ... aka Ingenious Soubrette (USA)
    ... aka Picture Hanging Extraordinary (USA)
  75. Chagrin d'amour (1903)
    ... aka Bullet vs. Whiskey (USA)
    ... aka Love-sick (USA)
  76. Ma tante (1903)
    ... aka Auntie (UK)
  77. Samson et Dalila (1903)
    ... aka Samson and Delilah (USA)
  78. Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1902)
    ... aka Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (USA)
  79. La poule merveilleuse (1902)
    ... aka The Magical Hen (USA)
    ... aka The Phenomenal Hen (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Wonderful Chicken (USA)
  80. Baignade impossible (1902)
    ... aka Impossible to Get a Plunge (USA)
  81. Ce que je vois dans mon télescope (1902)
    ... aka That Which I See in My Telescope (International: English title)
  82. Chez le photographe (1902)
  83. La belle au bois dormant (1902) (co-director)
    ... aka Sleeping Beauty (USA)
  84. La catastrophe de la Martinique (1902)
  85. La douche imprévue (1902)
    ... aka The Shower Bath (International: English title)
  86. L'affaire Dreyfus (1902)
    ... aka The Dreyfus Affair (USA)
  87. La machine volante (1902)
    ... aka The Flying Machine (International: English title)
  88. La maison à l'envers (1902)
  89. L'assassinat de Mac Kinley (1902)
  90. L'assommoir (1902)
    ... aka Drink (International: English title)
  91. Le conférencier distrait (1902)
  92. Le supplice de Tantale (1902)
  93. Les victimes de l'alcoolisme (1902)
    ... aka Alcohol and Its Victims (USA)
  94. Quo Vadis? (1902) (co-director)
  95. Un conte de Noël (1902)
    ... aka A Story of Christmas (International: English title)
  96. Une séance de cinématographe (1902)
  97. Une discussion politique (1901)
  98. À la conquête de l'air (1901)
    ... aka Conquering the Skies (USA)
    ... aka The Conquest of the Air (International: English title: literal English title)
    ... aka The Flying Machine (USA)
  99. Ce que je vois de mon sixième (1901)
    ... aka Scènes vues de mon balcon (France: alternative title)
    ... aka Scenes from My Balcony (USA)
  100. Chez le dentiste (1901)
  101. Comment Fabien devient architecte (1901)
    ... aka Fabien Becomes an Architect (International: English title)
  102. Comment on met son couvert (1901)
  103. Histoire d'un crime (1901)
    ... aka History of a Crime (USA)
    ... aka Story of a Crime (USA)
  104. La fée des roches noires (1901)
    ... aka The Fairy of the Black Rocks (USA)
  105. L'agent plongeur (1901)
  106. La loupe de grand-maman (1901)
    ... aka Grandma's Glass (USA)
    ... aka Grandma's Magnifying Glass (International: English title)
    ... aka Grandmother's Eyeglasses (International: English title)
    ... aka La loupe de grand-mère (France: alternative title)
  107. La mégère récalcitrante (1901)
  108. La soupière merveilleuse (1901)
  109. Le mauvais riche (1901)
  110. L'enfant prodigue (1901)
    ... aka Le fils prodique (France: alternative title)
    ... aka The Prodigal Son (USA)
  111. Le salut de Dranem (1901)
    ... aka Dranem Salutes the Audience (USA)
  112. Les sept châteaux du diable (1901)
    ... aka The Devil's Seven Castles (USA)
    ... aka The Seven Castles of the Devil (International: English title)
  113. L'illusionniste mondain (1901)
    ... aka The Illusionist (USA)
    ... aka The Mundane Illusionist (International: English title)
  114. Monsieur et Madame sont pressés (1901)
    ... aka In a Hurry to Catch a Train (International: English title)
    ... aka In a Hurry to Catch the Train (USA)
  115. Par le trou de serrure (1901)
    ... aka What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor (USA)
  116. Plongeur fantastique (1901)
  117. Rêve et réalité (1901)
    ... aka Dream and Reality (International: English title: literal title)
  118. Un drame au fond de la mer (1901)
    ... aka Drama at the Bottom of the Sea (International: English title)
  119. Un duel abracadabrant (1901)
    ... aka Amazing Duel (International: English title)
  120. Une demande en mariage mal engagée (1901)
  121. Une idylle sous un tunnel (1901)
    ... aka Kissing in a Tunnel (USA)
  122. Une tempête dans une chambre à coucher (1901)
    ... aka Going to Bed Under Difficulties (USA)
  123. Un horrible cauchemar (1901)
    ... aka A Horrible Nightmare (USA)

  124. Le muet mélomane (1899)
    ... aka Les mésaventures d'une tête mélomane (France)
  125. Les méfaits d'une tête de veau (1899)
Producer:
  1. Gribouillette fiancée d'une heure (1915) (producer)
  2. Je te présente ma cousine (1915) (producer)
  3. L'âne de Gribouillette (1915) (producer)
  4. Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  5. Gribouillette dactylographe (1914) (producer)
  6. Gribouillette et l'oncle Dufroussard (1914) (producer)
  7. La fugue de Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  8. La pipe de Boireau (1914) (producer)
  9. La ruse de Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  10. Le Noël de Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  11. Le rocking-chair de Boireau (1914) (producer)
  12. Les caprices de Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  13. Les émotions de Gribouillette (1914) (producer)
  14. Une extraordinaire aventure de Boireau (1914) (producer)
  15. Boireau spadassin (1913) (producer)
  16. Boireau empoisonneur (1913) (producer)
  17. Les incohérences de Boireau (1913) (producer)
  18. Boireau bonhomme de pain d'épice (1913) (producer)
  19. Boireau dame de compagnie (1913) (producer)
  20. Boireau pendu par amour (1913) (producer)
  21. Boireau s'expatrie (1913) (producer)
  22. Boireau victime de sa probité (1913) (producer)
  23. Boireau, roi de la boxe (1912) (producer)
  24. Boireau à l'école (1912) (producer)
  25. Boireau et Gribouillette s'amusent (1912) (producer)
  26. Boireau et la demi-mondaine (1912) (producer)
  27. Boireau et la fille du voisin (1912) (producer)
  28. Boireau et la gigolette (1912) (producer)
  29. Boireau fille de ferme (1912) (producer)
  30. Boireau huissier (1912) (producer)
  31. Boireau se venge (1912) (producer)
  32. Gribouille redevient Boireau (1912) (producer)
  33. La fête de Boireau (1912) (producer)
  34. La vengeance de Boireau (1912) (producer)
  35. Le frère d'armes (1912) (producer)

  36. Don Juan (1908) (producer)
  37. Les débuts d'un patineur (1907) (producer)
    ... aka Max Learns to Skate (USA)
    ... aka Max Wants to Skate (USA)
    ... aka Max patineur (France: alternative title)
    ... aka Max veut apprendre à patiner (France)
    ... aka The Unskillful Skater (UK)
  38. Cendrillon (1907) (producer)
    ... aka Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse (France: alternative title)
  39. Pauvre mère (1906) (producer)
    ... aka Poor Mother (USA)
  40. La grève des bonnes (1906) (producer)
    ... aka La grève des cuisiniers (France: alternative title)
    ... aka Servant's Strike (USA)
  41. La vie d'un joueur (1903) (producer)
    ... aka Le démon du jeu ou La vie d'un joueur (France: alternative title)
    ... aka The Gambler's Crime (USA)
  42. À la conquête de l'air (1901) (producer)
    ... aka Conquering the Skies (USA)
    ... aka The Conquest of the Air (International: English title: literal English title)
    ... aka The Flying Machine (USA)
  43. Ce que je vois de mon sixième (1901) (producer)
    ... aka Scènes vues de mon balcon (France: alternative title)
    ... aka Scenes from My Balcony (USA)
Actor:
  1. Rigadin aux Balkans (1912)

  2. Créations renversantes (1905)
    ... aka Marvellous Reversing (UK)
    ... aka Stunning Creations (USA)
  3. Rêve à la lune (1905) .... Le pochard
    ... aka Dream of the Moon (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Drunkard's Dream or Why You Sign the Pledge (UK)
    ... aka L'amant de la lune (France: alternative title)
  4. Automobile et cul-de-jatte (1905)
    ... aka Motorcar and Cripple (International: English title) (USA)
    ... aka Motorcar and Legless Beggar (UK: literal title)
  5. Faust (1904/I)
  6. La poule merveilleuse (1902)
    ... aka The Magical Hen (USA)
    ... aka The Phenomenal Hen (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Wonderful Chicken (USA)
  7. Chez le photographe (1902)
  8. Une séance de cinématographe (1902)
  9. À la conquête de l'air (1901)
    ... aka Conquering the Skies (USA)
    ... aka The Conquest of the Air (International: English title: literal English title)
    ... aka The Flying Machine (USA)
  10. Comment on met son couvert (1901)
  11. Histoire d'un crime (1901)
    ... aka History of a Crime (USA)
    ... aka Story of a Crime (USA)
  12. Une idylle sous un tunnel (1901)
    ... aka Kissing in a Tunnel (USA)

  13. Le muet mélomane (1899)
    ... aka Les mésaventures d'une tête mélomane (France)
Writer:
  1. Le malheur qui passe (1915) (writer)
  2. La tragique aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine (1910) (writer)
    ... aka A Tragic Adventure (USA)
    ... aka Robert le Taciturne (France: short title)

  3. Le théâtre de Bob (1906) (writer)
    ... aka Bob's Electric Theatre (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Miniature Theatre (USA)
  4. Rêve à la lune (1905) (writer)
    ... aka Dream of the Moon (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Drunkard's Dream or Why You Sign the Pledge (UK)
    ... aka L'amant de la lune (France: alternative title)
  5. La vie d'un joueur (1903) (writer)
    ... aka Le démon du jeu ou La vie d'un joueur (France: alternative title)
    ... aka The Gambler's Crime (USA)
  6. Les victimes de l'alcoolisme (1902) (writer)
    ... aka Alcohol and Its Victims (USA)
  7. Histoire d'un crime (1901) (writer)
    ... aka History of a Crime (USA)
    ... aka Story of a Crime (USA)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Excursion dans la lune (1908) (supervisor)
    ... aka Excursion to the Moon (USA)
  2. Les roses magiques (1906) (supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka Magic Roses (USA)
Cinematographer:
  1. Histoire d'un crime (1901)
    ... aka History of a Crime (USA)
    ... aka Story of a Crime (USA)
Set Decorator:
  1. Histoire d'un crime (1901)
    ... aka History of a Crime (USA)
    ... aka Story of a Crime (USA)
Archive Footage:
  1. La magie Méliès (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  2. "Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" (1995) (uncredited) .... Himself - Episode #1

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