Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

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.  
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1861-12-09
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Also Known As: Жорж Мельес, 조르주 멜리에스, Marie Georges Jean Méliès, ジョルジュ・メリエス, マリー・ジョルジュ・ジャン・メリエス

Movies List of Georges Méliès

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A Trip to the Moon

1902 Movie
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The Impossible Voyage

1904 Movie
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The Cook in Trouble

1904 Movie
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Cinematógrafo 1900

1979 Movie
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The Infernal Cauldron

1903 Movie
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The One-Man Band

1900 Movie
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A Midnight Episode

1899 Movie
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Joan of Arc

1900 Movie
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Faust and Marguerite

1897 Movie
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A Terrible Night

1896 Movie
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The Haunted Castle

1897 Movie
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The Vanishing Lady

1896 Movie
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The Indian Sorcerer

1908 Movie
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Cinderella

1899 Movie
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The Wandering Jew

1904 Movie
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The Haunted Castle

1896 Movie
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A Desperate Crime

1906 Movie
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The Black Imp

1905 Movie
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The Monster

1903 Movie
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The Diabolic Tenant

1909 Movie
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The Mermaid

1904 Movie
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The Conjurer

1899 Movie
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The Hilarious Posters

1906 Movie
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The Dreyfus Affair

1899 Movie
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The Infernal Cakewalk

1903 Movie
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The Melomaniac

1903 Movie
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Summoning the Spirits

1899 Movie
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The Human Pyramid

1899 Movie
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Hat of Many Surprises

1901 Movie
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The Bewitched Inn

1897 Movie
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Whimsical Illusions

1909 Movie
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Apparitions

1903 Movie
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Satan in Prison

1907 Movie
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The Doctor's Secret

1909 Movie
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The Oracle of Delphi

1903 Movie
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A Moonlight Serenade

1904 Movie
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The Magician's Cavern

1901 Movie
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The Mysterious Retort

1906 Movie
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Playing Cards

1896 Movie
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Bluebeard

1901 Movie
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The Witch

1906 Movie
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The Mysterious Knight

1899 Movie
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The Christmas Dream

1900 Movie
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Good Glue Sticks

1907 Movie
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The Mystical Flame

1903 Movie
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Gala Méliès

1929 Movie
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The Temple of the Sun

1901 Movie
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A Maiden's Paradise

1901 Movie
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A Roadside Inn

1906 Movie
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The Magic Lantern

1903 Movie
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Pygmalion and Galatea

1898 Movie
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A Nightmare

1896 Movie
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Violons d'Ingres

1939 Movie
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Méliès' Magic Show

1997 Movie
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The Devilish Plank

1904 Movie
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Tit for Tat

1904 Movie
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Conjuring

1896 Movie
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The Christmas Angel

1904 Movie
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The Human Fly

1902 Movie
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Cleopatra's Tomb

1899 Movie
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Rip's Dream

1905 Movie
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Robinson Crusoe

1902 Movie
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The Mysterious Box

1903 Movie
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The Pillar of Fire

1899 Movie
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The Méliès Mystery

2021 Movie
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The Magician

1898 Movie
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The Famous Box Trick

1898 Movie
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The Magic Book

1900 Movie
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The Marvellous Wreath

1903 Movie
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A Fantastical Meal

1900 Movie
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The Firefall

1904 Movie