Georges Méliès
Directing
Born December 8, 1861 in Paris, France
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).
Filmography
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
Devil
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
Méliès: Tales of Terror
The Melomaniac
The Méliès Mystery
Self (archive footage)
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
Self (archive footage)
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Self (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Magic of Méliès
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Cinematógrafo 1900
Self (archive footage)
ORG
Violons d'Ingres
Himself (archive footage)
Gala Méliès
Himself
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
The Knight of the Snow
Devil
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
The Conquest of the Pole
Le professeur Mabouloff
The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen
The Diabolical Church Window
Whimsical Illusions
The Magician
The Diabolic Tenant
Le locataire diabolique
The Spider and the Butterfly
The Doctor's Secret
The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
French Cops Learning English
The Police Inspector
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
The Roman
Les malheurs d'un photographe
His First Job
Les infortunes des patineurs
Passerby
Not Guilty
The Old Farmer
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
The Broken Violin
Sideshow Wrestlers
The Miser
The New Lord of the Village
Le fantôme de César
In the Barber Shop
The Prophetess of Thebes
Long Distance Wireless Photography
The Dream of an Opium Fiend
The Genii of Fire
Justinian's Human Torches
Humanity Through the Ages
Excursion to the Moon
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
Le commissaire de police
The King and the Jester
Tribolet
In the Bogie Man's Cave
The Knight of Black Art
Sightseeing Through Whisky
Satan in Prison
Satan
Good Glue Sticks
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Professor of Astronomy
Delirium in a Studio
Ali Barbouyou
Tunneling the English Channel
How Bridget's Lover Escaped
The Skipping Cheese
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Rogues' Tricks
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
The Witch
The Fairy Carabosse
The Mysterious Retort
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Satan
Soap Bubbles
A Roadside Inn
Drunk Traveler
Punch and Judy
A Desperate Crime
The Hilarious Posters
The Bill Poster
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
The Luny Musician
Jack the Chimney Sweep
A Mix-Up in the Gallery
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
Rip's Dream
Rip Van Winkle
An Improvised Fireworks Display
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
Ulysses (uncredited)
An Adventurous Automobile Trip
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
A Crazy Composer
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited)
A Mesmerian Experiment
The Lilliputian Minuet
The Magic Dice
The Black Imp
The Living Playing Cards
The Magician
The Christmas Angel
The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller
The Firefall
Satan
The Wandering Jew
The Impossible Voyage
Мабулофф
The Mermaid
The Devilish Plank
The Cook in Trouble
The Wonderful Living Fan
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Faust and Marguerite
Méphistophélès
A Miracle Under the Inquisition
The Imperceptible Transmutations
Prince
The Clockmaker's Dream
The Untamable Whiskers
Man with whiskers
The Fugitive Apparitions
The Bewitched Trunk
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
The Magician / The Double
Tit for Tat
The Wonderful Rose Tree
A Moonlight Serenade
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
The Executioner
Faust in the Underworld
Mephistopholes
The Ballet Master's Dream
The Magic Lantern
Comical Conjuring
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Extraordinary Illusions
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Jack Jags and Dum Dum
Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
Jupiter's Thunderballs
Apparitions
The Infernal Cauldron
Devil
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Принц Бель-Азор
The Monster
The priest
The Melomaniac
A Spiritualist Photographer
The Oracle of Delphi
The Witch's Revenge
The Mystical Flame
The Drawing Lesson
The Inn Where No Man Rests
The Enchanted Well
Les Mousquetaires de la reine
The Mysterious Box
The Infernal Cake-Walk
Devil
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Lamplighter
The Marvellous Wreath
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoé
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Gulliver
Sure Cure for Indigestion
Doctor
An Impossible Balancing Feat
The Magician
The Human Fly
The Hindoo Magician
The Coronation of Edward VII
The Treasures of Satan
The Magician and the Imp
A Trip to the Moon
Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
The Microscopic Dancer
The Prolific Magical Egg
The Colonel's Shower Bath
The Dwarf and the Giant
The Man with the Rubber Head
Аптекар / Гумова голова
The Devil and the Statue
Hat of Many Surprises
Bluebeard
Barbe-bleue
Off to Bedlam
The Prince of Magicians
Excelsior
The Bachelor's Paradise
The Magician's Cavern
Little Red Riding Hood
An Extraordinary Dislocation
The Triple Headed Lady
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
The brahmin
The Astronomer's Dream
Астроном
The Christmas Dream
Beggar
Joan of Arc
Père de Jeanne
The Artist and the Dummy
Artiste
The One-Man Band
All the members of the orchestra
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Wrestler
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
The Man
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
Prince
A Fantastical Meal
The Man
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
Conjurer
The Magic Book
The Magician
Addition and Subtraction
The Cook's Revenge
The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
Eight Girls in a Barrel
The Doctor and the Monkey
How He Missed His Train
What Is Home Without the Boarder
The Misfortunes of an Explorer
Cooks fight
The Flea
The Coup of Pere Francois
The Bath
The Stick
Extravagant Struggles
The Dreyfus Affair
Fernand Labori
Cinderella
le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église
The Degradation of Dreyfus
Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail
Devil's Island - Within the Palisade
Summoning the Spirits
A Midnight Episode
The Sleeping Man (uncredited)
The Devil in a Convent
The Devil
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
Magician
The Mysterious Knight
Le chevalier mystère
The Mysterious Portrait
L'illusioniste
Cleopatra's Tomb
un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre
The Pillar of Fire
Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus
Dreyfus Put in Irons
Suicide of Colonel Henry
Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon
Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes
The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori
The Fight of Reporters
The Court Martial at Rennes
Christ Walking on Water
The Clown and Automobile
The Four Troublesome Heads
Фокусник
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Saint Antoine
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion
The Famous Box Trick
The Magician
The Magician
Le Sculpteur
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
Le marié
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Adventures of William Tell
The Damnation of Faust
A Woman Surprised
Carrefour de l'opéra
Bois de Boulogne
The Hallucinated Alchemist
The Last Cartridges
Le château hanté
Mephisto
The Bewitched Inn
The Traveler
Naval Combat in Greece
The Captain
Between Calais and Dover
The Man in the Checked Suit
Gugusse and the Automaton
Gugusse
The Surrender of Tournavos
After the Ball
The Devil's Laboratory
An Irritable Model
Boxing Match
Fencing at the Joinville School
A Terrible Night (Remake)
D. Devant, Conjurer
A Nightmare
Man
Le manoir du diable
Мефістофель
Conjuring
Himself
Playing Cards
Un joueur de cartes
A Terrible Night
L'homme qui essaie de dormir
The Vanishing Lady
Фокусник
Post No Bills
Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)
A Serpentine Dance
Les tribulations d'un concierge
Miss de Vère - English Jig
Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds
A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation