Georges Méliès

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 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 …

Directed

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902) — Director
2. The Astronomer's Dream (1900) — Director
3. Le manoir du diable (1896) — Director
4. The Impossible Voyage (1904) — Director
5. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) — Director
6. The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) — Director
7. Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898) — Director
8. The Vanishing Lady (1896) — Director
9. Cinderella (1899) — Director
10. The One-Man Band (1900) — Director
11. A Nightmare (1896) — Director
12. The Infernal Cauldron (1903) — Director
13. The Melomaniac (1903) — Director
14. The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) — Director
15. A Terrible Night (1896) — Director
16. After the Ball (1897) — Director
17. The Black Imp (1905) — Director
18. The Devil in a Convent (1899) — Director
19. Le château hanté (1897) — Director
20. The Diabolic Tenant (1909) — Director
21. Bluebeard (1901) — Director
22. The Bewitched Inn (1897) — Director
23. Joan of Arc (1900) — Director
24. The Mermaid (1904) — Director
25. Playing Cards (1896) — Director
26. The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) — Director
27. The Monster (1903) — Director
28. The Pillar of Fire (1899) — Director
29. The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898) — Director
30. The Living Playing Cards (1905) — Director
31. The Magician (1898) — Director
32. The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) — Director
33. An Up-to-Date Conjurer (1899) — Director
34. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900) — Director
35. The Conquest of the Pole (1912) — Director
36. The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900) — Director
37. The Infernal Cake-Walk (1903) — Director
38. The Dreyfus Affair (1899) — Director
39. The Magic Lantern (1903) — Director
40. The Untamable Whiskers (1904) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902) — Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
2. The Astronomer's Dream (1900) — Астроном
3. Le manoir du diable (1896) — Мефістофель
4. The Impossible Voyage (1904) — Мабулофф
5. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) — Фокусник
6. The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) — Аптекар / Гумова голова
7. The Vanishing Lady (1896) — Фокусник
8. Cinderella (1899) — le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église
9. The One-Man Band (1900) — All the members of the orchestra
10. A Nightmare (1896) — Man
11. The Infernal Cauldron (1903) — Devil
12. The Melomaniac (1903)
13. The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) — Принц Бель-Азор
14. A Terrible Night (1896) — L'homme qui essaie de dormir
15. The Black Imp (1905)
16. The Devil in a Convent (1899) — The Devil
17. Le château hanté (1897) — Mephisto
18. The Diabolic Tenant (1909) — Le locataire diabolique
19. The Bewitched Inn (1897) — The Traveler
20. Bluebeard (1901) — Barbe-bleue
21. Joan of Arc (1900) — Père de Jeanne
22. The Mermaid (1904)
23. Playing Cards (1896) — Un joueur de cartes
24. The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) — Satan
25. The Monster (1903) — The priest
26. The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898) — Saint Antoine
27. The Pillar of Fire (1899)
28. The Living Playing Cards (1905) — The Magician
29. The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
30. The Magician (1898) — Le Sculpteur
31. The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) — Professor of Astronomy
32. An Up-to-Date Conjurer (1899) — Magician
33. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900) — The Man
34. The Conquest of the Pole (1912) — Le professeur Mabouloff
35. The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900) — Wrestler
36. The Dreyfus Affair (1899) — Fernand Labori
37. The Infernal Cake-Walk (1903) — Devil
38. The Magic Lantern (1903)
39. The Untamable Whiskers (1904) — Man with whiskers
40. Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902) — Gulliver