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Georges Méliès

Actor / Film Director / Animator / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Cinematographer | * 12/08/1861 († 76, 01/21/1938) | Paris (France)
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (French: [meljɛs]; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magician, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour. He was also one of the early filmmakers to use storyboards. His films include A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. ()
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Georges Méliès, 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 intoLa Maison du Retraite du Cinéma, the film industry's retirement home in Orly. .

Most frequent genres for this person: Fantasy | Comedies | Horror

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Awards & Nominations for Georges Méliès

Knight of The Legion of Honour Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
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Movies with Georges Méliès as Actor(121)

as Lui-même (archives)2021 The Méliès Mystery
as (Archive footage)2014 El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2011 The Extraordinary Voyage
as Divers1997 Méliès' Magic Show
as (Archive footage)1979 Cinematógrafo 1900
as Himself (archive footage)1939 Violons d'Ingres
as Le professeur Mabouloff1912 The Conquest of the Pole
as Le Locataire diabolique1909 The Diabolic Tenant
as The Magician1909 Whimsical Illusions
as The Fakir1908 The Indian Sorcerer
as Satan1907 Satan in Prison
as Professor of Astronomy1907 The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
as The Fairy Carabosse1906 The Witch
1906 A Desperate Crime
as The Bill Poster1906 The Hilarious Posters
as The Magician1905 The Living Playing Cards
as Rip Van Winkle1905 Rip's Dream
as The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited)1905 The Palace of the Arabian Nights
as Satan1904 The Firefall
as Mabouloff1904 The Impossible Voyage
as The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller1904 The Christmas Angel
as Man with whiskers1904 The Untamable Whiskers
as Mephistopholes1903 Faust in the Underworld
as Prince Bel-Azor1903 The Kingdom of the Fairies
as Musketeer1903 The Marvellous Wreath
as Lamplighter1903 Misfortune Never Comes Alone
as Robinson Crusoé1902 Robinson Crusoe
as Professor Barbenfouillis / The Moon1902 A Trip to the Moon
as The Hindoo Magician1902 The Human Fly
as Barbe-bleue1901 Bluebeard
as The Chemist / The India Rubber Head1901 The Man with the Rubber Head
as Excelsior1901 The Prince of Magicians
as The Magician1900 The Magic Book
as All the members of the orchestra1900 The One-Man Band
as The Man1900 A Fantastical Meal
as Beggar1900 The Christmas Dream
as Le comique excentrique1900 Up-to-Date Spiritualism
as The Sleeping Man (uncredited)1899 A Midnight Episode
as Le chevalier mystère1899 The Mysterious Knight
as The Devil1899 The Devil in a Convent
as Magician1899 The Conjurer
as L'illusioniste1899 The Mysterious Portrait
as un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre1899 Cleopatra's Tomb
as Le Gnome de la Pendule / Le Suisse à l'Entrée de l'Église1899 Cinderella
as Fernand Labori1899 The Dreyfus Affair
as Pygmalion1898 Pygmalion and Galatea
as The Magician1898 The Famous Box Trick
as Astronomer1898 The Astronomer's Dream
as Le Sculpteur1898 The Magician
as The Traveler1897 The Bewitched Inn
as The Captain1897 Naval Combat in Greece
as The Man in the Checked Suit1897 Between Calais and Dover
as himself1896 Conjuring
as Man1896 A Nightmare
as Magician1896 The Vanishing Lady
as Un joueur de cartes1896 Playing Cards
as L'homme qui essaie de dormir1896 A Terrible Night
as Mephistopheles1896 The Haunted Castle

TV Shows/Series with Georges Méliès as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Movies with Georges Méliès as Crew(333)

Crew/Thanks1979 ORG
Directing/Director1913 The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
Directing/Director1912 The Knight of the Snow
Directing/Director1912 Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Camera/Director of Photography1912 The Conquest of the Pole
Directing/Director1912 The Conquest of the Pole
Production/Producer1912 The Conquest of the Pole
Writing/Screenplay1912 The Conquest of the Pole
Directing/Director1910 The Diabolical Church Window
Directing/Director1910 The Doctor's Secret
Art/Production Design1909 The Diabolic Tenant
Directing/Director1909 The Diabolic Tenant
Production/Producer1909 The Diabolic Tenant
Writing/Screenplay1909 The Diabolic Tenant
Art/Production Design1909 Whimsical Illusions
Directing/Director1909 Whimsical Illusions
Production/Producer1909 Whimsical Illusions
Writing/Screenplay1909 Whimsical Illusions
Directing/Director1909 The Spider and the Butterfly
Directing/Director1908 A Tricky Painter’s Fate
Directing/Director1908 Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
Directing/Director1908 The Dream of an Opium Fiend
Directing/Director1908 His First Job
Directing/Director1908 The Indian Sorcerer
Directing/Director1908 Why That Actor Was Late
Directing/Director1908 Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Directing/Director1908 Justinian's Human Torches
Directing/Director1908 Long Distance Wireless Photography
Directing/Director1908 The King and the Jester
Directing/Director1908 The Mischance of a Photographer
Directing/Director1908 The New Lord of the Village
Directing/Director1908 The Miser
Directing/Director1908 In the Barber Shop
Directing/Director1908 The Woes of Roller Skaters
Directing/Director1908 The Broken Violin
Directing/Director1908 Humanity Through the Ages
Directing/Director1908 The Knight of Black Art
Directing/Director1908 The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
Directing/Director1908 French Cops Learning English
Directing/Director1908 The Genii of Fire
Directing/Director1908 In the Bogie Man's Cave
Directing/Director1908 Sideshow Wrestlers
Directing/Director1908 Not Guilty
Directing/Director1907 Satan in Prison
Directing/Director1907 Sightseeing Through Whisky
Directing/Director1907 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Directing/Director1907 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Directing/Director1907 Rogues' Tricks
Directing/Director1907 Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Directing/Director1907 How Bridget's Lover Escaped
Directing/Director1907 Good Glue Sticks
Directing/Director1907 The Prophetess of Thebes
Art/Production Design1907 Tunneling the English Channel
Directing/Director1907 Tunneling the English Channel
Production/Producer1907 Tunneling the English Channel
Directing/Director1907 The Skipping Cheese
Directing/Director1907 Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
Art/Production Design1906 The Witch
Directing/Director1906 The Witch
Production/Producer1906 The Witch
Writing/Writer1906 The Witch
Directing/Director1906 A Desperate Crime
Directing/Director1906 The Mysterious Retort
Directing/Director1906 The Hilarious Posters
Production/Producer1906 The Hilarious Posters
Directing/Director1906 A Roadside Inn
Art/Production Design1906 The Merry Frolics of Satan
Directing/Director1906 The Merry Frolics of Satan
Production/Producer1906 The Merry Frolics of Satan
Writing/Screenplay1906 The Merry Frolics of Satan
Directing/Director1906 Living Soap Bubbles
Directing/Director1906 A Mix-Up in the Gallery
Directing/Director1906 The Luny Musician
Directing/Director1906 Punch and Judy
Directing/Director1906 The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
Directing/Director1906 Jack the Chimney Sweep
Directing/Director1905 The Living Playing Cards
Directing/Director1905 Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
Directing/Director1905 The Lilliputian Minuet
Directing/Director1905 The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
Directing/Director1905 An Adventurous Automobile Trip
Directing/Director1905 An Improvised Fireworks Display
Art/Production Design1905 Rip's Dream
Directing/Director1905 Rip's Dream
Production/Producer1905 Rip's Dream
Writing/Screenplay1905 Rip's Dream
Directing/Director1905 The Magic Dice
Art/Production Design1905 The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Directing/Director1905 The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Production/Producer1905 The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Directing/Director1905 A Crazy Composer
Directing/Director1905 A Mesmerian Experiment
Directing/Director1905 The Enchanted Sedan Chair
Directing/Director1905 The Black Imp
Production/Producer1905 The Black Imp
Directing/Director1904 The Firefall
Directing/Director1904 The Wonderful Rose Tree
Directing/Director1904 A Moonlight Serenade
Directing/Director1904 Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
Art/Production Design1904 The Impossible Voyage
Directing/Director1904 The Impossible Voyage
Production/Producer1904 The Impossible Voyage
Writing/Screenplay1904 The Impossible Voyage
Directing/Director1904 The Devilish Plank
Directing/Director1904 The Christmas Angel
Production/Producer1904 The Christmas Angel
Directing/Director1904 Faust and Marguerite
Directing/Director1904 The Wonderful Living Fan
Directing/Director1904 The Clockmaker's Dream
Directing/Director1904 Tit for Tat
Directing/Director1904 The Terrible Turkish Executioner
Directing/Director1904 A Miracle Under the Inquisition
Directing/Director1904 Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Directing/Director1904 The Wandering Jew
Production/Producer1904 The Wandering Jew
Directing/Director1904 The Bewitched Trunk
Directing/Director1904 The Fugitive Apparitions
Directing/Director1904 The Imperceptible Transmutations
Directing/Director1904 The Cook in Trouble
Directing/Director1904 The Untamable Whiskers
Directing/Director1904 The Mermaid
Directing/Director1903 Faust in the Underworld
Directing/Director1903 The Prolific Magical Egg
Art/Production Design1903 The Kingdom of the Fairies
Directing/Director1903 The Kingdom of the Fairies
Production/Producer1903 The Kingdom of the Fairies
Writing/Screenplay1903 The Kingdom of the Fairies
Directing/Director1903 The Mystical Flame
Directing/Director1903 The Inn Where No Man Rests
Directing/Director1903 The Magic Lantern
Directing/Director1903 Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Writing/Screenplay1903 Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Directing/Director1903 The Ballet Master's Dream
Directing/Director1903 Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Directing/Director1903 Comical Conjuring
Directing/Director1903 A Spiritualist Photographer
Directing/Director1903 The Mysterious Box
Directing/Director1903 The Witch's Revenge
Directing/Director1903 Jack Jags and Dum Dum
Art/Production Design1903 The Infernal Cauldron
Directing/Director1903 The Infernal Cauldron
Production/Producer1903 The Infernal Cauldron
Writing/Screenplay1903 The Infernal Cauldron
Directing/Director1903 The Monster
Directing/Director1903 The Marvellous Wreath
Directing/Director1903 Extraordinary Illusions
Directing/Director1903 Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
Directing/Director1903 Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Directing/Director1903 The Enchanted Well
Directing/Director1903 The Infernal Cakewalk
Directing/Director1903 The Drawing Lesson
Directing/Director1903 Jupiter's Thunderballs
Directing/Director1903 Apparitions
Directing/Director1903 Une indigestion
Directing/Director1903 The Oracle of Delphi
Directing/Director1903 The Melomaniac
Art/Production Design1902 Robinson Crusoe
Directing/Director1902 Robinson Crusoe
Production/Producer1902 Robinson Crusoe
Writing/Screenplay1902 Robinson Crusoe
Directing/Director1902 The Colonel's Shower Bath
Art/Production Design1902 A Trip to the Moon
Directing/Director1902 A Trip to the Moon
Editing/Editor1902 A Trip to the Moon
Production/Producer1902 A Trip to the Moon
Writing/Screenplay1902 A Trip to the Moon
Directing/Director1902 The Microscopic Dancer
Directing/Director1902 The Magician and the Imp
Directing/Director1902 An Impossible Balancing Feat
Directing/Director1902 The Coronation of Edward VII
Directing/Director1902 The Human Fly
Production/Producer1902 The Human Fly
Directing/Director1902 The Treasures of Satan
Directing/Director1901 An Extraordinary Dislocation
Directing/Director1901 Off to Bedlam
Directing/Director1901 The Triple Headed Lady
Art/Production Design1901 Bluebeard
Directing/Director1901 Bluebeard
Production/Producer1901 Bluebeard
Writing/Adaptation1901 Bluebeard
Directing/Director1901 L'homme aux cent trucs
Writing/Writer1901 L'homme aux cent trucs
Directing/Director1901 What Is Home Without the Boarder
Directing/Director1901 The Magician's Cavern
Directing/Director1901 The Bachelor's Paradise
Directing/Director1901 The Brahmin and the Butterfly
Directing/Director1901 The Devil and the Statue
Crew/Special Effects1901 The Man with the Rubber Head
Directing/Director1901 The Man with the Rubber Head
Production/Producer1901 The Man with the Rubber Head
Directing/Director1901 The Prince of Magicians
Production/Producer1901 The Prince of Magicians
Directing/Director1901 The Dwarf and the Giant
Directing/Director1901 Hat of Many Surprises
Directing/Director1901 Little Red Riding Hood
Directing/Director1900 The Magic Book
Directing/Director1900 Going to Bed Under Difficulties
Directing/Director1900 Addition and Subtraction
Directing/Director1900 The One-Man Band
Directing/Director1900 How He Missed His Train
Directing/Director1900 A Fantastical Meal
Directing/Director1900 Eight Girls in a Barrel
Directing/Director1900 The Two Blind Men
Directing/Director1900 The Artist and the Dummy
Directing/Director1900 The Doctor and the Monkey
Directing/Director1900 The Christmas Dream
Directing/Director1900 Les miracles du Brahmine
Directing/Director1900 The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Directing/Director1900 Up-to-Date Spiritualism
Directing/Director1900 The Cook's Revenge
Art/Production Design1900 Joan of Arc
Directing/Director1900 Joan of Arc
Production/Producer1900 Joan of Arc
Writing/Screenplay1900 Joan of Arc
Directing/Director1900 The Misfortunes of an Explorer
Directing/Director1899 Summoning the Spirits
Directing/Director1899 The Human Pyramid
Directing/Director1899 A Midnight Episode
Production/Producer1899 A Midnight Episode
Directing/Director1899 The Court Martial at Rennes
Directing/Director1899 Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon
Directing/Director1899 Le conférencier distrait
Directing/Director1899 Dreyfus Put in Irons
Directing/Director1899 Murder Will Out
Art/Production Design1899 The Pillar of Fire
Directing/Director1899 The Pillar of Fire
Production/Producer1899 The Pillar of Fire
Writing/Screenplay1899 The Pillar of Fire
Directing/Director1899 The Mysterious Knight
Directing/Director1899 The Devil in a Convent
Directing/Director1899 The Conjurer
Directing/Director1899 Lightning Change Artist
Directing/Director1899 The Fight of Reporters
Directing/Director1899 Suicide of Colonel Henry
Directing/Director1899 The Clown and Automobile
Directing/Director1899 The Mysterious Portrait
Directing/Director1899 Cleopatra's Tomb
Directing/Director1899 Christ Walking on Water
Art/Production Design1899 Cinderella
Directing/Director1899 Cinderella
Production/Producer1899 Cinderella
Directing/Director1899 The Dreyfus Affair
Directing/Director1899 Extravagant Struggles
Directing/Director1899 The Degradation of Dreyfus
Directing/Director1899 Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes
Directing/Director1899 Fantastic Dining Room
Directing/Director1898 Pygmalion and Galatea
Directing/Director1898 Adventures of William Tell
Directing/Director1898 The Famous Box Trick
Directing/Director1898 The Damnation of Faust
Directing/Director1898 Carrefour de l'opéra
Directing/Director1898 The Bridegroom's Dilemma
Camera/Director of Photography1898 Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Production/Producer1898 Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Directing/Director1898 The Astronomer's Dream
Directing/Director1898 The Magician
Crew/Special Effects1898 The Four Troublesome Heads
Directing/Director1898 The Four Troublesome Heads
Production/Producer1898 The Four Troublesome Heads
Directing/Director1898 The Cave of the Demons
Directing/Director1898 The Temptation of St. Anthony
Directing/Director1897 The Hallucinated Alchemist
Directing/Director1897 The Surrender of Tournavos
Directing/Director1897 After the Ball
Directing/Director1897 The Devil's Laboratory
Directing/Director1897 The Grasshopper and the Ant
Art/Production Design1897 The Bewitched Inn
Directing/Director1897 The Bewitched Inn
Editing/Editor1897 The Bewitched Inn
Production/Producer1897 The Bewitched Inn
Writing/Screenplay1897 The Bewitched Inn
Directing/Director1897 Naval Combat in Greece
Directing/Director1897 Between Calais and Dover
Art/Production Design1897 The Haunted Castle
Directing/Director1897 The Haunted Castle
Editing/Editor1897 The Haunted Castle
Production/Producer1897 The Haunted Castle
Writing/Writer1897 The Haunted Castle
Directing/Director1897 The Last Cartridges
Directing/Director1897 Faust and Marguerite
Directing/Director1897 On the Roofs
Directing/Director1896 Conjuring
Art/Production Design1896 A Nightmare
Directing/Director1896 A Nightmare
Editing/Editor1896 A Nightmare
Production/Producer1896 A Nightmare
Art/Production Design1896 The Vanishing Lady
Directing/Director1896 The Vanishing Lady
Editing/Editor1896 The Vanishing Lady
Production/Producer1896 The Vanishing Lady
Directing/Director1896 Playing Cards
Writing/Writer1896 Playing Cards
Art/Production Design1896 A Terrible Night
Directing/Director1896 A Terrible Night
Production/Producer1896 A Terrible Night
Writing/Writer1896 A Terrible Night
Directing/Director1896 Les tribulations d'un concierge
Directing/Director1896 Post No Bills
Art/Production Design1896 The Haunted Castle
Directing/Director1896 The Haunted Castle
Production/Producer1896 The Haunted Castle
Writing/Writer1896 The Haunted Castle

Full Name: Georges Méliès
Citizenship: France
Born: Sunday, 12/08 1861 (December) in Paris (France)
Died: Friday, 01/21 1938 (January) in Paris (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Educated at: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Michelet, Vanves
Spouses (current/former): Jehanne d'Alcy
Children: Georgette Méliès
Siblings: Gaston Méliès
Other names for Georges Méliès (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"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"
Georges Méliès frequently works together with these people:
Jehanne d'Alcy (19x, Actress)
Fernande Albany (7x, Actress)
Serge Bromberg (7x, Crew)
Manuel (7x, Cast)
Bleuette Bernon (6x, Actress)
Eric Lange (5x, Crew)
Jules Verne (4x, Crew)
Charles Pathé (4x, Crew)
Gaston Méliès (2x, Crew)
Fernando Birri (2x, Crew)
Marcel L'Herbier (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:65540, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024