Georges Méliès (1861–1938)

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Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and ... See full bio »

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(age 76) in Paris, France

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 2019 Le Monstre (adapted) (Short)
 1996 Méliès, los Orígenes (Video documentary short) (segments "Le voyage dans la lune", "Le thaumaturge chinois", "Le roi du maquillage", "L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune", "Hydrothérapie fantastique")
 1912 À la conquête du pôle (Short)
 1912 Le chevalier des neiges (Short)
 1910 Apparitions fantômatiques (Short) (uncredited)
 1910 Galatée (Short)
 1910 Le conte du vieux talute (Short)
 1910 Les sept barres d'or (Short)
 1910 Le vitrail diabolique (Short)
 1910 Si j'étais le roi (Short)
 1910 Un homme comme il faut (Short)
 1909 La gigue merveilleuse (Short)
 1909 Le papillon fantastique (Short)
 1909 La poupée vivante (Short)
 1909 Fin de réveillon (Short)
 1909 Fortune Favors the Brave (Short)
 1909 The Count's Wooing (Short)
 1909 The Hypnotist's Revenge (Short)
 1909 Le locataire diabolique (Short)
 1908 French Interpreter Policeman (Documentary short)
 1908 L'acteur en retard (Short)
 1908 L'agent gelé (Short)
 1908 L'avare (Short)
 1908 La fée libellule (Short)
 1908 La fête du sonneur (Short)
 1908 Lully ou Le violon brisé (Short)
 1908 Moitié de polka (Short)
 1908 Oriental Black Art (Short)
 1908 Pochardiana (Short)
 1908 La fontaine merveilleuse (Short)
 1908 Rivalité d'amour (Short)
 1908 Pour les p'tiots (Short)
 1908 Trop vieux! (Short)
 1908 The Duke's Good Joke (Short)
 1908 At the Hotel Mix-Up (Short)
 1908 Two Talented Vagabonds (Short)
 1908 Pour l'étoile S.V.P. (Short)
 1908 Anaïc ou Le balafré (Short)
 1908 A Tricky Painter's Fate (Short)
 1908 Amour et mélasse (Short)
 1908 Le fakir de Singapoure (Short)
 1908 Les patineurs (Short)
 1908 Magic of Catchy Songs (Short)
 1908 Mystery of the Garrison (Short)
 1908 Two Crazy Bugs (Short)
 1908 Le conseil de pipelet (Short)
 1908 Le trait d'union (Short)
 1908 Tartarin de Tarascon (Short)
 1908 Le fabricant de diamants (Short)
 1908 Quiproquo (Short)
 1908 Salon de coiffure (Short)
 1908 Le génie du feu (Short)
 1908 Le tambourin fantastique (Short)
 1907 La boulangerie modèle (Short)
 1907 La colle universelle (Short)
 1907 La cuisine de l'ogre (Short)
 1907 La nouvelle peine de mort (Short)
 1907 La perle des servantes (Short)
 1907 Le délirium tremens (Short)
 1907 Le Magicien (Short)
 1907 Le mariage de Victorine (Short)
 1907 Le placard infernal (Short)
 1907 Les fromages automobiles (Short)
 1907 Les torches humaines (Short)
 1907 Nuit de carnaval (Short)
 1907 Bernard le bucheron (Short)
 1907 Hamlet (Short)
 1907 La mort de Jules César (Short)
 1907 Satan en prison (Short)
 1907 Seek and Thou Shalt Find (Short)
 1907 The Story of Eggs (Short)
 1907 Le carton fantastique (Short)
 1906 Jack le ramoneur (Short)
 1906 L'anarchie chez guignol (Short)
 1906 La cardeuse de matelas (Short)
 1906 Le dirigeable fantastique (Short)
 1906 Le fantôme d'Alger (Short)
 1906 Le maestro Do-mi-sol-do (Short)
 1906 Les affiches en goguette (Short)
 1906 Les incendiaires (Short)
 1906 Une chute de cinq étages (Short)
 1906 Le compositeur toqué (Short)
 1906/I L'honneur est satisfait (Short)
 1905 Le baquet de Mesmer (Short)
 1905 Le cauchemar du pêcheur (Short)
 1905 Le chevalier démontable (Short)
 1905 Le diable noir (Short)
 1905 Le menuet lilliputien (Short)
 1905 Le Phénix (Short)
 1905 Le roi des tireurs (Short)
 1905 Les cartes vivantes (Short)
 1905 Le tripot clandestin (Short)
 1905 Le juif errant (Short)
 1904 L'ange de Noël (Short)
 1904 La cascade de feu (Short)
 1904 La dame fantôme (Short)
 1904 La fête au père Mathieu (Short)
 1904 La grotte aux surprises (Short)
 1904 La planche du diable (Short)
 1904 La sirène (Short)
 1904 Le barbier de Séville (Short)
 1904 Le cadre aux surprises (Short)
 1904 Le dîner impossible (Short)
 1904 Le rosier miraculeux (Short)
 1904 Les costumes animés (Short)
 1904 Sorcellerie culinaire (Short)
 1904 Une bonne surprise (Short)
 1904 Le joyeux prophète russe (Short)
 1904 Le thaumaturge chinois (Short)
 1904 Faust et Marguerite (Short)
 1904 Le rêve de l'horloger (Short)
 1904 Le coffre enchanté (Short)
 1904 Le roi du maquillage (Short)
 1904 Les apparitions fugitives (Short)
 1904 Match de prestidigitation (Short)
 1904 Siva l'invisible (Short)
 1904 Un peu de feu s.v.p. (Short)
 1904 Les apaches (Short)
 1904 Le bourreau turc (Short)
 1903 Extraordinary Adventures (Short)
 1903 Fantaisie Égyptienne (Short)
 1903 Illusions funambulesques (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 La lanterne magique (Short)
 1903 Faust aux enfers (Short)
 1903 Jacques et Jim (Short)
 1903 L'enchanteur Alcofribas (Short)
 1903 Le parapluie fantastique (Short)
 1903 Le tonnerre de Jupiter (Short)
 1903 Tom Tight et Dum-Dum (Short)
 1903 Le chaudron infernal (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le revenant (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le royaume des fées (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 L'oracle de Delphes (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le mélomane (Short)
 1903 Le monstre (Short)
 1903 Le portrait spirituel (Short)
 1903 La flamme merveilleuse (Short)
 1903 La statue animée (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le sorcier (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 L'auberge du bon repos (Short)
 1903 Le puits fantastique (Short)
 1903 La boîte à malice (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 La corbeille enchantée (Short)
 1903 La guirlande merveilleuse (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le cake-walk infernal (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Les filles du diable (Short)
 1903 Un malheur n'arrive jamais seul (Short) (uncredited)
 1903 Le pochard et l'inventeur (Short)
 1903 Rêve d'artiste (Short)
 1902 L'équilibre impossible (Short) (uncredited)
 1902 L'homme mouche (Short)
 1902 La clownesse fantôme (Short) (uncredited)
 1902 La danseuse microscopique (Short)
 1902 La douche du colonel (Short) (uncredited)
 1902 La femme volante (Short)
 1902 La rêve du paria (Short)
 1902 Le bataillon élastique (Short)
 1902 Les trésors de satan (Short)
 1902 Une indigestion (Short)
 1902 A Trip to the Moon (Short) (uncredited)
 1902 Bouquet d'illusions (Short)
 1902 Le temple de la magie (Short)
 1901 Barbe-bleue (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Chez la sorcière (Short)
 1901 Dislocation mystérieuse (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Excelsior! (Short)
 1901 Guguste et Belzebuth (Short)
 1901 L'antre des esprits (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 L'école infernale (Short)
 1901 L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 L'homme aux cent trucs (Short)
 1901 La chirurgie de l'avenir (Short)
 1901 La chrysalide et le papillon d'or (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 La libellule (Short)
 1901 La maison tranquille (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 La phrénologie burlesque (Short)
 1901 La tour maudite (Short)
 1901 Le chapeau à surprises (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Le charlatan (Short)
 1901 Le chimiste repopulateur (Short)
 1901 Le diable géant ou Le miracle de la madonne (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Le rêve de Noël (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Les piqueurs de futs (Short)
 1901 Nain et géant (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (Short) (uncredited)
 1901 Une mauvaise plaisanterie (Short)
 1901 Une noce au village (Short)
 1901 Le petit chaperon rouge (Short)
 1900 Farce de marmiton (Short)
 1900 L'artiste et le mannequin (Short)
 1900 L'exposition de 1900 (Documentary short)
 1900 L'homme orchestre (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 L'illusioniste double et la tête vivante (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 La porte monumentale (Short)
 1900 La rue des nations (Short)
 1900 La vengeance du gâte-sauce (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Le déshabillage impossible (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Le fou assassin (Short)
 1900 Le livre magique (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Le malade hydrophobe (Short)
 1900 Le repas fantastique (Short)
 1900 Le réveil d'un monsieur pressé (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Le savant et le chimpanze (Short)
 1900 Les deux aveugles (Short)
 1900 Les miracles de Brahmine (Short)
 1900 Le songe d'or de l'avare (Short)
 1900 Les trois bacchantes (Short)
 1900 Le tonneau des danaïdes (Short)
 1900 Ne bougeons plus (Short)
 1900 Palais étrangers (Short)
 1900 Panorama circulaire (Documentary short)
 1900 Spiritisme abracadabrant (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Tom Whisky ou L'illusioniste toqué (Short) (uncredited)
 1900 Vieux Paris (Short)
 1900 Vue panoramique pris du train électrique (Documentary short)
 1900 Vue panoramique prise de la Seine (Documentary short)
 1900 Jeanne d'Arc (Short)
 1900 The Unexpected Bath (Short)
 1899 Attentat contre maître Labori (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Charmant voyages de noces (Short)
 1899 Cléopâtre (Short)
 1899 Combat de coqs (Short documentary)
 1899 Débarquement de Dreyfus à Quiberon (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Dictée du bordereau (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Duel politique (Short)
 1899 Entrée d'un paquebot, port de Jersey (Documentary short)
 1899 Entrevue de Dreyfus et de sa femme (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Évocation spirite (Short)
 1899 Fatale méprise (Short)
 1899 Funérailles de Félix Faure (Documentary short)
 1899 L'homme Protée (Short)
 1899 L'île du diable (Short)
 1899 L'impressionniste fin de siècle (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 L'ours et la sentinelle (Short)
 1899 La colonne de feu (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 La crémation (Short)
 1899 La dégradation (Short)
 1899 La pierre philosophale (Short)
 1899 La pyramide de Triboulet (Short)
 1899 La statue de neige (Short)
 1899 Le chevalier mystère (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Le conférencier distrait (Short)
 1899 Le conseil de guerre en séance à Rennes (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Le coucher de la mariée (Short)
 1899 Le diable au couvent (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Le miroir de Cagliostro (Short)
 1899 Le portrait mystérieux (Short)
 1899 Le spectre (Short)
 1899 Luttes extravagantes (Short)
 1899 Mise aux fers de Dreyfus (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Neptune et Amphitrite (Short)
 1899 Panorama du port de Saint-Helier (Documentary short)
 1899 Pick-pocket et policeman (Short)
 1899 Richesse et misère (Short)
 1899 Suicide du colonel Henry (Short) (uncredited)
 1899 Un bon lit (Short)
 1899 L'affaire Dreyfus (Short)
 1899 Cendrillon (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 Attention à la peinture (Short)
 1898 Carrefour de l'opéra (Documentary short)
 1898 Créations spontanées (Short)
 1898 Guillaume Tell et le clown (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 Illusions fantasmagoriques (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 La caverne maudite (Short)
 1898 La damnation de Faust (Short)
 1898 La lune à un mètre (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 La tentation de Saint-Antoine (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 Le cuirassé Maine (Short)
 1898 Le déjeuner impossible (Short)
 1898 Le grotte du diable (Short)
 1898 Le maçon maladroit (Short)
 1898 Le magicien (Short) (uncredited)
 1898 Les rayons Röntgen (Short)
 1898 Magie diabolique (Short)
 1898 Panorama pris d'un train en marche (Documentary short) (uncredited)
 1898 Pygmalion et Galathée (Short)
 1898/I Rêve d'artiste (Short)
 1898 Rêve du pauvre (Short)
 1898 Sortie sans permission (Short)
 1898 Un homme de têtes (Short) (uncredited)
 1897 Après le bal (Short) (uncredited)
 1897 Arlequin et charbonnier (Short)
 1897 Auguste et Bibb (Short)
 1897 Bataille de confettis (Short)
 1897 Chirurgien américain (Short)
 1897 Combat naval en Grèce (Short)
 1897 Cortège de la mi-carême (Documentary short)
 1897 Danse au sérail (Short)
 1897 Dans les coulisses (Short)
 1897 Défilé de pompiers (Documentary short)
 1897 En cabinet particulier (Short)
 1897 Entre Calais et Douvres (Short) (uncredited)
 1897 Épisodes de guerre (Short)
 1897 Exécution d'un espion (Short)
 1897 Faust et Marguerite (Short)
 1897 Figaro et l'auvergnat (Short)
 1897 Guerre aux Indes (Short)
 1897 Gugusse et l'automaton (Short)
 1897 L'ascension d'un ballon (Short)
 1897 L'auberge ensorcelée (Short) (uncredited)
 1897 L'école des gendres (Short)
 1897 La cigale et la fourmi (Short)
 1897 La guerre en Grèce (Short)
 1897 La prise de Tournavos (Short)
 1897 Le château hanté (Short) (uncredited)
 1897 Le magnétiseur (Short)
 1897 Le malade imaginaire (Short)
 1897 Le musulman rigolo (Short)
 1897 Les apprentis militaires (Short)
 1897 Les dernières cartouches (Short)
 1897 Massacres en Crète (Short)
 1897 Passage dangereux au Mont-Blanc (Documentary short)
 1897 Sur les toits (Short)
 1897 Tourneur en poterie (Documentary short)
 1897 Une cour de ferme (Short)
 1897 Un modèle irascible (Short)
 1897 Vente d'esclaves au harem (Short)
 1897 Vision d'ivrogne (Short)
 1897 The Vanishing Lady (Short)
 1896 Arrivée d'un train - Gare de Joinville (Documentary short)
 1896 Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes (Documentary short)
 1896 Baignade en mer (Short)
 1896 Barque sortant du port de Trouville (Documentary short)
 1896 Bateau-mouche sur la Seine (Documentary short)
 1896 Batteuse à vapeur (Documentary short)
 1896 Bébé et fillettes (Documentary short)
 1896 Bois de Boulogne (Documentary short)
 1896 Bois de Boulogne (Touring-club) (Documentary short)
 1896 Boulevard des Italiens (Documentary short)
 1896 Campement de bohémiens (Documentary short)
 1896 Cortège de tzar allant à Versailles (Documentary short)
 1896 Cortège de tzar au Bois de Boulogne (Documentary short)
 1896 Déchargement de bateaux (Documentary short)
 1896 Défense d'afficher (Short)
 1896 Départ des automobiles (Short)
 1896 Départ des officiers (Short)
 1896 Dessinateur: Chamberlain (Short)
 1896 Dessinateur: Von Bismark (Short)
 1896 Dessinateur express (Short)
 1896 Effets de mer sur les rochers (Documentary short)
 1896 Enfants jouant sur la plage (Documentary short)
 1896 Grandes manoeuvres (Documentary short)
 1896 Jetée et plage de Trouville (1er partie) (Documentary short)
 1896 Jetée et plage de Trouville (2e partie) (Documentary short)
 1896 Jour de marché à Trouville (Documentary short)
 1896 L'arroseur (Short)
 1896 L'hôtel empoisonné (Short)
 1896 La gare Saint-Lazare (Documentary short)
 1896 La voiture du potier (Short)
 1896 Le bivouac (Short)
 1896 Le cauchemar (Short)
 1896 Le chiffonnier (Short)
 1896 Le fakir, mystère indien (Short)
 1896 Le papier protée (Short)
 1896 Le régiment (Documentary short)
 1896 Les blanchisseuses (Short)
 1896 Les chevaux de bois (Short)
 1896 Les forgerons (Short)
 1896 Les haleurs de bateaux (Documentary short)
 1896 Les indiscrets (Short)
 1896 Les ivrognes (Short)
 1896 Les quais à Marseille (Documentary short)
 1896 Libération des territoriaux (Documentary short)
 1896 Marée montante sur Brise-Larmes (Documentary short)
 1896 Miss de Vere (Short)
 1896 Panorama du havre (pris d'un bateau) (Documentary short)
 1896 Place de l'Opéra, 1er aspect (Documentary short)
 1896 Place de l'Opéra, 2e aspect (Documentary short)
 1896 Place de la Bastille (Documentary short)
 1896 Place de la Concorde (Documentary short)
 1896 Place du théâtre français (Documentary short)
 1896 Place Saint-Augustin (Documentary short)
 1896 Plus fort que le maître (Short)
 1896 Retour au cantonnement (Short)
 1896 Réunion d'officiers (Documentary short)
 1896 Revue navale à Cherbourg (Documentary short)
 1896 Sac au dos (Short)
 1896 Sortie des ateliers Vibert (Documentary short)
 1896 Tempête sur la jetée du treport (Documentary short)
 1896 Tom Old Boot (Short)
 1896 Une altercation au café (Short)
 1896 Une bonne farce (Short)
 1896 Une nuit terrible (Short)
 1896 Une partie de cartes (Short) (uncredited)
 1896 Un petit diable (Short)
 1896 Le manoir du diable (Short)
 1896 Danse serpentine (Short)
 1896 Sauvetage en rivière, 1er (Documentary short)
 1896 Sauvetage en rivière, 2e (Documentary short)
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