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Gaston Velle

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 12/24/1868 († 79, 01/01/1948) | Rome (Italy)
Gaston Velle (1868–1953) was a French silent film director and pioneer of special effects, who was prominent in early French and Italian cinema during the first two decades of the 20th century. Like his father, the Hungarian entertainer Joseph "Professor" Velle, Gaston began his career as a travelling magician, before putting his illusionist skills to work in cinema and ultimately creating more than fifty films between 1903 and 1911. He worked under Auguste and Louis Lumière, before serving as the head of production for the Italian film studio Cines. But he is best remembered for his work at Pathé, where he was hired to produce trick films that might rival those of his contemporary, Georges Méliès, including classic shorts like Burglars at Work (1904). Some films pioneered lasting techniques, such as his Les Invisibles (1906) – the first known invisible man film. Velle also created some of the first féerie films, such as Tit-for-Tat (1906). Additionally, Velle collaborated with other directors such as Segundo de Chomon and Ferdinand Zecca to create such silent film classics as the Moon Lover (1905), the Raja's Casket (1906), and the Hen that Laid the Golden Egg (1905), the latter of which wa... ()
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Gaston Velle was a French silent film director and pioneer of special effects, who was prominent in early French and Italian cinema during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Most frequent genres for this person: Fantasy | Comedies | Crime
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Movies with Gaston Velle as Actor(1)

Movies with Gaston Velle as Crew(33)

Directing/Director1910 Le Charme des fleurs
Directing/Director1908 The Fairies and the Faun
Directing/Director1907 The Clock-Maker's Secret
Directing/Director1907 Petit Jules Verne
Directing/Director1906 The Riderless Bicycle
Directing/Director1906 The Invisible Men
Directing/Director1906 The Pigeon Fairy
Directing/Director1906 The Rajah's Casket
Directing/Director1906 Voyage autour d'une étoile
Directing/Director1906 A Tragic Wedding
Directing/Director1906 Tit-for-Tat
Directing/Director1906 The Phantom Guard
Directing/Director1906 Living Flowers
Directing/Director1905 The Wonderful Album
Directing/Director1905 Dream of the Moon
Directing/Director1905 Marvelous Beehive
Directing/Director1905 Flower Fairy
Directing/Director1905 Un drame en mer
Directing/Director1905 Les cartes lumineuses
Directing/Director1905 The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs
Directing/Director1904 The Devil's Dance
Directing/Director1904 Burglary at Night
Directing/Director1904 Danses plastiques
Directing/Director1904 Métamorphose du roi de pique
Directing/Director1904 Barnum's Trunk
Directing/Director1904 Drama in the Air
Writing/Writer1904 Drama in the Air
Directing/Director1904 Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
Directing/Director1904 Japanese Varieties
Directing/Director1904 La danse des apaches
Directing/Director1903 Substitutions
Directing/Director1903 Le repas fantastique

Full Name: Gaston Velle
Citizenship: France
Born: Thursday, 12/24 1868 (December) in Rome (Italy)
Died: Thursday, 01/01 1948 (January) in Paris (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: French (FR)
Gaston Velle frequently works together with these people:
Auguste Lumière (2x, Crew)
Louis Lumière (2x, Crew)
Ferdinand Zecca (2x, Crew)
Jules Verne (1x, Crew)
Charles Pathé (1x, Crew)
Stacia Napierkowska (1x, Actress)
Les Fratellini (1x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1158261, Added: 12/28/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024