Directing
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 - January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. One of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, tracking shots, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work, Méliès pioneered effects that would define cinematic special effects for decades to come. A prolific innovator in the use of special effects, Méliès accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, a method of creating seamless disappearing and/or appearing effects used throughout both films and television for decades to come. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the first "Cinemagician". Two of his best-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904). Both stories involve strange, surreal voyages, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. Méliès was also an early pioneer of horror cinema, which can be traced back to his Le Manoir du diable (1896). In early 1909 Méliès stopped making films to protest Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Parents Company monopoly, and presided over the first meeting of the International Filmmakers Congress in Paris. Further financial hardships created by his opposition to Edison and diminishing influence, Méliès disappeared from public life. By the mid-1920s he made a meager living as a candy and toy salesma in Paris, with the assistance of funds collected by other filmmakers. Although he was recognized for his contributions in cinema, Méliès spent most of his later years in poverty before being accepted into La Maison du Retraite du Cinéma, the film industry's retirement home in Orly.
Filmography
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
Film · 2025
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
Film · 2024
Méliès: Tales of Terror
Film · 2021
The Méliès Mystery
Film · 2021
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
Film · 2014
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Film · 2012
The Extraordinary Voyage
Film · 2011
Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)
Film · 2008
The Magic of Méliès
Film · 1997
Cinematógrafo 1900
Film · 1979
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Series · 1978
Violons d'Ingres
Film · 1939
Gala Méliès
Film · 1929
The Conquest of the Pole
Film · 1912
The Knight of the Snow
Film · 1912
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Film · 1912
The Diabolical Church Window
Film · 1911
The Diabolic Tenant
Film · 1909
Whimsical Illusions
Film · 1909
The Doctor's Secret
Film · 1909
The Indian Sorcerer
Film · 1908
Long Distance Wireless Photography
Film · 1908
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
Film · 1908
The Fortune Favors the Brave
Film · 1908
Les infortunes des patineurs
Film · 1908
French Cops Learning English
Film · 1908
Not Guilty
Film · 1908
The New Lord of the Village
Film · 1908
In the Barber Shop
Film · 1908
Delirium in a Studio
Film · 1907
Satan in Prison
Film · 1907
Good Glue Sticks
Film · 1907
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Film · 1907
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Film · 1907
Tunneling the English Channel
Film · 1907
The King and the Jester
Film · 1907
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
Film · 1907
A Desperate Crime
Film · 1906
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Film · 1906
The Hilarious Posters
Film · 1906
The Mysterious Retort
Film · 1906
The Witch
Film · 1906
A Roadside Inn
Film · 1906
The Living Playing Cards
Film · 1905
The Black Imp
Film · 1905
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Film · 1905
A Mesmerian Experiment
Film · 1905
Rip's Dream
Film · 1905
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Film · 1905
The Lilliputian Minuet
Film · 1905
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
Film · 1905
The Impossible Voyage
Film · 1904
The Cook in Trouble
Film · 1904
The Untamable Whiskers
Film · 1904
The Wandering Jew
Film · 1904
The Wonderful Living Fan
Film · 1904
The Mermaid
Film · 1904
The Clockmaker's Dream
Film · 1904
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Film · 1904
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
Film · 1904
The Fugitive Apparitions
Film · 1904
The Devilish Plank
Film · 1904
Tit for Tat
Film · 1904
The Christmas Angel
Film · 1904
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
Film · 1904
The Firefall
Film · 1904
Faust and Marguerite
Film · 1904
The Imperceptible Transmutations
Film · 1904
The Infernal Cauldron
Film · 1903
The Monster
Film · 1903
The Infernal Cake-Walk
Film · 1903
The Melomaniac
Film · 1903
Extraordinary Illusions
Film · 1903
Jupiter's Thunderballs
Film · 1903
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
Film · 1903
Apparitions
Film · 1903
The Ballet Master's Dream
Film · 1903
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Film · 1903
The Oracle of Delphi
Film · 1903
A Moonlight Serenade
Film · 1903
Faust in the Underworld
Film · 1903
The Mystical Flame
Film · 1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Film · 1903
The Magic Lantern
Film · 1903
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Film · 1903
The Mysterious Box
Film · 1903
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Film · 1903
The Marvellous Wreath
Film · 1903
The Enchanted Basket
Film · 1903
Beelzebub's Daughters
Film · 1903
A Trip to the Moon
Film · 1902
The Prolific Magical Egg
Film · 1902
An Impossible Balancing Feat
Film · 1902
The Treasures of Satan
Film · 1902
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Film · 1902
The Human Fly
Film · 1902
Robinson Crusoe
Film · 1902
Sure Cure for Indigestion
Film · 1902
The Man with the Rubber Head
Film · 1901
Hat of Many Surprises
Film · 1901
The Dwarf and the Giant
Film · 1901
The Magician's Cavern
Film · 1901
Bluebeard
Film · 1901
The Devil and the Statue
Film · 1901
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
Film · 1901
The Temple of the Sun
Film · 1901
A Maiden's Paradise
Film · 1901
The Prince of Magicians
Film · 1901
The Triple Headed Lady
Film · 1901
The One-Man Band
Film · 1900
Joan of Arc
Film · 1900
The Astronomer's Dream
Film · 1900
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Film · 1900
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
Film · 1900
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
Film · 1900
The Artist and the Dummy
Film · 1900
The Christmas Dream
Film · 1900
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
Film · 1900
The Magic Book
Film · 1900
A Fantastical Meal
Film · 1900
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
Film · 1900
A Midnight Episode
Film · 1899
Cinderella
Film · 1899
The Devil in a Convent
Film · 1899
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
Film · 1899
The Dreyfus Affair
Film · 1899
Summoning the Spirits
Film · 1899
The Human Pyramid
Film · 1899
The Mysterious Knight
Film · 1899
The Mysterious Portrait
Film · 1899
Cleopatra's Tomb
Film · 1899
The Pillar of Fire
Film · 1899
The Four Troublesome Heads
Film · 1898
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Film · 1898
Pygmalion and Galatea
Film · 1898
The Magician
Film · 1898
The Famous Box Trick
Film · 1898
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
Film · 1898
Faust and Marguerite
Film · 1897
Le château hanté
Film · 1897
The Bewitched Inn
Film · 1897
Naval Combat in Greece
Film · 1897
Between Calais and Dover
Film · 1897
Dancing in a Harem
Film · 1897
A Funny Mahometan
Film · 1897
Gugusse and the Automaton
Film · 1897
A Terrible Night
Film · 1896
The Vanishing Lady
Film · 1896
Le manoir du diable
Film · 1896
Playing Cards
Film · 1896
A Nightmare
Film · 1896
Conjuring
Film · 1896