Georges Méliès
1861-12-09 ( 163 years old ) in Paris, France

Georges Méliès (December 9, 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.  

Movies

Alcoléa & cie Documentary 2024-02-21
Méliès: Tales of Terror 2021-10-08
The Méliès Mystery 2021-01-02
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese 2019-06-11
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo 2014-11-30
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès 2012-02-28
The Extraordinary Voyage 2011-12-08
Méliès' Magic Show 1997-07-01
Cinematógrafo 1900 1979-11-25
Violons d'Ingres 1939-01-01
Gala Méliès 1929-12-16
The Knight of the Snow 1912-12-20
The Conquest of the Pole 1912-05-03
The Diabolical Church Window 1911-10-01
Whimsical Illusions 1909-12-01
Fortune Favors the Brave 1909-12-01
The Diabolic Tenant 1909-01-30
The Doctor's Secret 1909-01-10
French Cops Learning English 1908-07-28
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler 1908-07-02
The Woes of Roller Skaters 1908-05-24
Not Guilty 1908-05-23
Long Distance Wireless Photography 1908-03-31
The King and the Jester 1908-01-24
The Indian Sorcerer 1908-01-19
Satan in Prison 1907-11-01
Good Glue Sticks 1907-09-20
Tunneling the English Channel 1907-06-30
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon 1907-06-07
Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil 1907-05-23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1907-02-15
The Witch 1906-11-06
The Mysterious Retort 1906-09-28
The Merry Frolics of Satan 1906-09-07
A Roadside Inn 1906-06-25
A Desperate Crime 1906-06-01
The Hilarious Posters 1906-04-20
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship 1905-12-27
Rip's Dream 1905-11-14
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus 1905-09-01
The Palace of the Arabian Nights 1905-06-10
A Mesmerian Experiment 1905-03-03
The Lilliputian Minuet 1905-02-18
The Black Imp 1905-01-27
The Living Playing Cards 1905-01-06
The Christmas Angel 1904-12-23
The Firefall 1904-12-01
The Wandering Jew 1904-11-25
The Impossible Voyage 1904-11-10
The Mermaid 1904-05-26
The Devilish Plank 1904-05-13
The Cook in Trouble 1904-05-06
The Wonderful Living Fan 1904-04-29
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer 1904-04-16
The Clockmaker's Dream 1904-02-11
The Untamable Whiskers 1904-02-05
The Fugitive Apparitions 1904-02-03
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter 1904-01-15
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself 1904-01-13
Tit for Tat 1904-01-05
A Moonlight Serenade 1903-12-26
The Terrible Turkish Executioner 1903-12-11
Faust in the Underworld 1903-12-05
The Ballet Master's Dream 1903-11-10
The Magic Lantern 1903-10-30
Alcofribas, The Master Magician 1903-10-03
Extraordinary Illusions 1903-09-22
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid 1903-09-14
Jupiter's Thunderballs 1903-08-20
Apparitions 1903-08-09
The Infernal Cauldron 1903-08-01
The Kingdom of the Fairies 1903-07-25
The Monster 1903-05-26
The Melomaniac 1903-05-18
The Oracle of Delphi 1903-05-03
The Mystical Flame 1903-04-19
The Mysterious Box 1903-02-27
The Infernal Cakewalk 1903-02-21
Misfortune Never Comes Alone 1903-02-02
Beelzebub's Daughters 1903-01-26
The Marvellous Wreath 1903-01-18
The Enchanted Basket 1903-01-03
Robinson Crusoe 1902-12-20
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants 1902-11-22
Sure Cure for Indigestion 1902-10-25
An Impossible Balancing Feat 1902-09-13
The Human Fly 1902-08-09
The Treasures of Satan 1902-07-26
A Trip to the Moon 1902-06-15
The Prolific Magical Egg 1902-03-15
The Dwarf and the Giant 1901-12-14
The Man with the Rubber Head 1901-12-01
The Devil and the Statue 1901-12-01
Hat of Many Surprises 1901-09-14
Bluebeard 1901-07-25
The Prince of Magicians 1901-06-22
The Temple of the Sun 1901-05-18
A Maiden's Paradise 1901-04-20
The Magician's Cavern 1901-04-13
The Triple Headed Lady 1901-01-25
The Brahmin and the Butterfly 1901-01-18
The Christmas Dream 1900-08-08
Joan of Arc 1900-08-06
The Artist and the Dummy 1900-05-21
The One-Man Band 1900-01-01
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match 1900-01-01
Going to Bed Under Difficulties 1900-01-01
Up-to-Date Spiritualism 1900-01-01
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy 1900-01-01
A Fantastical Meal 1900-01-01
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head 1900-01-01
The Magic Book 1900-01-01
The Dreyfus Affair 1899-11-04
Cinderella 1899-10-01
Summoning the Spirits 1899-05-20
The Human Pyramid 1899-05-20
A Midnight Episode 1899-01-01
The Devil in a Convent 1899-01-01
An Up-to-Date Conjurer 1899-01-01
The Mysterious Knight 1899-01-01
The Mysterious Portrait 1899-01-01
Cleopatra's Tomb 1899-01-01
The Pillar of Fire 1899-01-01
The Four Troublesome Heads 1898-11-30
The Astronomer's Dream 1898-01-01
The Temptation of St. Anthony 1898-01-01
Pygmalion and Galatea 1898-01-01
The Famous Box Trick 1898-01-01
The Magician 1898-01-01
Faust and Marguerite 1897-01-01
The Haunted Castle 1897-01-01
The Bewitched Inn 1897-01-01
Naval Combat in Greece 1897-01-01
Between Calais and Dover 1897-01-01
A Nightmare 1896-12-25
The Haunted Castle 1896-12-24
Conjuring 1896-06-15
A Terrible Night 1896-01-01
The Vanishing Lady 1896-01-01
Playing Cards 1896-01-01

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