Segundo de Chomón

Biography

Segundo de Chomón became involved in film through his coloring workshop in Barcelona, Spain. From October 1902 to March 1903, he collaborated with Pathé, adding color to some of their films in Barcelona. He began shooting films for Macaya & Marro in 1905; then, in the summer of 1906, he moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist for Pathé. The body of work he created over five years was outstanding. De Chomón created fantastical narratives embellished with ingenious effects, gorgeous color, innovative hand-drawn, and puppet animation; tricks of the eye that surprise and delight, and startling turns of surreal imagination. De Chomón carried on as a filmmaker, specializing in trick effects, working for Pathé, Itala and others.

Directed

1. The Bewitched House (1907) — Director
2. The Electric Hotel (1908) — Director
3. The Red Spectre (1907) — Director
4. Kiri-Kis (1907) — Director
5. The Golden Beetle (1907) — Director
6. Excursion to the Moon (1908) — Director
7. A Trip to Jupiter (1909) — Director
8. Le Voleur invisible (1909) — Director
9. A Panicky Picnic (1909) — Director
10. The War and the Dream of Momi (1917) — Director
11. Loïe Fuller (1905) — Director
12. The Frog (1908) — Director
13. Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904) — Director
14. Legend of a Ghost (1908) — Director
15. Slippery Jim (1909) — Director
16. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1907) — Director
17. Magic Roses (1906) — Director
18. Music, Forward! (1907) — Director
19. The Gold Spider (1909) — Director
20. Scullion's Dream (1908) — Director
21. Metamorphoses (1912) — Director
22. Easter Eggs (1907) — Director
23. The Enchanted Pond (1907) — Director
24. The Chinese Shadows (1908) — Director
25. Modern Sculptors (1908) — Director
26. Andalusian Superstition (1912) — Director
27. The Bewitched Shepherd (1906) — Director
28. The Tulips (1907) — Director
29. The Express Sculptor (1907) — Director
30. A Fallen Spirit (1910) — Director
31. The Gallants of the Park (1904) — Director
32. Diabolical Pickpocket (1908) — Director
33. The Yawner (1907) — Director
34. The Bee and the Rose (1908) — Director
35. The Cigar Box (1907) — Director
36. Japanese Butterflies (1908) — Director
37. The Magic Table (1908) — Director
38. Barcelona, Main City of Catalonia (1912) — Director
39. Sweet Dreams Intermingled With Nightmares (1908) — Director
40. Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza (1905) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Electric Hotel (1908) — Bertrand
2. Cinematógrafo 1900 (1979) — Self (archive footage)
3. El hombre que quiso ser Segundo (2014) — Self (archive footage)
4. Satan at Play (1907)