Georges Méliès
Directing
Biography
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 e…
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A Trip to the Moon
1902
Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
The Astronomer's Dream
1900
Astronomer
Le manoir du diable
1896
Mephistopheles
The Impossible Voyage
1904
Mabouloff
The Four Troublesome Heads
1898
Conjurer
The Man with the Rubber Head
1901
The Chemist / The India Rubber Head
The Vanishing Lady
1896
Le magicien
Cinderella
1899
le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église
The One-Man Band
1900
All the members of the orchestra
A Nightmare
1896
Man
The Infernal Cauldron
1903
Devil
The Melomaniac
1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies
1903
Prince Bel-Azor
A Terrible Night
1896
L'homme qui essaie de dormir
The Black Imp
1905
Le château hanté
1897
Mephisto
The Devil in a Convent
1899
The Devil
The Diabolic Tenant
1909
Le locataire diabolique
The Bewitched Inn
1897
The Traveler
Bluebeard
1901
Barbe-bleue