Georges Méliès
AKA: Жорж Мельес, 조르주 멜리에스, Marie Georges Jean Méliès
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1861-12-08
Paris, France
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 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.
Crew Roles
A Trip to the Moon
Director
A Trip to the Moon
Screenplay
A Trip to the Moon
Producer
A Trip to the Moon
Production Design
Cinderella
Producer
Cinderella
Production Design
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
Writer
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
Producer
Bluebeard
Adaptation
Bluebeard
Producer
Bluebeard
Production Design
The Impossible Voyage
Director
The Impossible Voyage
Producer
The Impossible Voyage
Screenplay
Crying and Laughing
Director
The Degradation of Dreyfus
Director
Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail
Director
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Director
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
Director
The Untamable Whiskers
Director
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
Director
The Mermaid
Director
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
Director
The Living Playing Cards
Director
The Cook in Trouble
Director
The Black Imp
Director
The Monster
Director
Rip's Dream
Producer
Rip's Dream
Production Design
Joan of Arc
Producer
Joan of Arc
Production Design
Robinson Crusoe
Producer
Robinson Crusoe
Production Design
The Infernal Cauldron
Production Design
The Pillar of Fire
Production Design
The Pillar of Fire
Screenplay
Joan of Arc
Screenplay
Robinson Crusoe
Screenplay
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Screenplay
The Infernal Cauldron
Screenplay
Rip's Dream
Screenplay
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Producer
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Screenplay
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Production Design
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Screenplay
The Witch
Production Design
The Diabolic Tenant
Producer
The Diabolic Tenant
Screenplay
The Diabolic Tenant
Production Design
Whimsical Illusions
Producer
Whimsical Illusions
Screenplay
Whimsical Illusions
Production Design
The Pillar of Fire
Producer
The Infernal Cauldron
Director
The Infernal Cauldron
Producer
The Diabolic Tenant
Director
The Mysterious Retort
Director
The Melomaniac
Director
Bluebeard
Director
The Hilarious Posters
Director
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Director
The Man with the Rubber Head
Director
The One-Man Band
Director
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
Director
The Four Troublesome Heads
Director
Good Glue Sticks
Director
The Infernal Cake-Walk
Director
The Oracle of Delphi
Director
Playing Cards
Director
A Terrible Night
Director
A Terrible Night
Writer
A Terrible Night
Producer
A Terrible Night
Production Design
The Vanishing Lady
Director
A Nightmare
Director
The Surrender of Tournavos
Director
Between Calais and Dover
Director
The Bewitched Inn
Director
After the Ball
Director
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
Director
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Director
The Famous Box Trick
Director
Adventures of William Tell
Director
The Astronomer's Dream
Director
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Director
The Devil in a Convent
Director
The Pillar of Fire
Director
The Mysterious Portrait
Director
Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus
Director
Dreyfus Put in Irons
Director
Suicide of Colonel Henry
Director
Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon
Director
Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes
Director
The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori
Director
The Fight of Reporters
Director
The Court Martial at Rennes
Director
The Magician
Director
The Mysterious Knight
Director
Addition and Subtraction
Director
The Cook's Revenge
Director
Joan of Arc
Director
The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
Director
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
Director
The Magic Book
Director
The Colonel's Shower Bath
Director
The Microscopic Dancer
Director
The Magician and the Imp
Director
The Treasures of Satan
Director
The Human Fly
Director
An Impossible Balancing Feat
Director
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Director
The Coronation of Edward VII
Director
The Marvellous Wreath
Director
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
Director
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
Director
The Christmas Dream
Director
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Director
A Fantastical Meal
Director
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
Director
Eight Girls in a Barrel
Director
The Doctor and the Monkey
Director
How He Missed His Train
Director
What Is Home Without the Boarder
Director
The Imperceptible Transmutations
Director
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
Director
An Extraordinary Dislocation
Director
The Magician's Cavern
Director
The Bachelor's Paradise
Director
The Prince of Magicians
Director
Hat of Many Surprises
Director
The Dwarf and the Giant
Director
The Devil and the Statue
Director
The Magic Lantern
Director
Apparitions
Director
The Enchanted Well
Director
Extraordinary Illusions
Director
The Indian Sorcerer
Director
The Wandering Jew
Director
Cinderella
Director
Post No Bills
Director
The Dreyfus Affair
Director
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Director
The Two Blind Men
Director
The Inn Where No Man Rests
Director
Tunneling the English Channel
Director
The Conquest of the Pole
Director
The Conquest of the Pole
Screenplay
The Spider and the Butterfly
Director
Le manoir du diable
Director
Le manoir du diable
Writer
Le manoir du diable
Producer
Le manoir du diable
Production Design
Robinson Crusoe
Director
The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen
Director
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Director
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Director
The Misfortunes of an Explorer
Director
Whimsical Illusions
Director
On the Roof
Director
Naval Combat in Greece
Director
The Last Cartridges
Director
Off to Bedlam
Director
The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
Director
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
Director
Faust in the Underworld
Director
Jupiter's Thunderballs
Director
The Prolific Magical Egg
Director
Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
Director
The Mystical Flame
Director
The Firefall
Director
A Moonlight Serenade
Director
The Bewitched Trunk
Director
The Skipping Cheese
Director
A Mesmerian Experiment
Director
The Lilliputian Minuet
Director
The Magic Dice
Director
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Director
Summoning the Spirits
Director
The Human Pyramid
Director
An Adventurous Automobile Trip
Director
The Artist and the Dummy
Director
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
Director
The Wandering Jew
Producer
The Mysterious Box
Director
The Witch's Revenge
Director
The Ballet Master's Dream
Director
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Director
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Director
Jack Jags and Dum Dum
Director
Comical Conjuring
Director
The Drawing Lesson
Director
A Spiritualist Photographer
Director
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
Director
The Fugitive Apparitions
Director
The Devilish Plank
Director
A Miracle Under the Inquisition
Director
The Clockmaker's Dream
Director
Tit for Tat
Director
The Christmas Angel
Director
Faust and Marguerite
Director
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
Director
An Improvised Fireworks Display
Director
A Crazy Composer
Director
Rip's Dream
Director
Punch and Judy
Director
The Wonderful Living Fan
Director
Long Distance Wireless Photography
Director
Soap Bubbles
Director
A Roadside Inn
Director
A Mix-Up in the Gallery
Director
The Witch
Director
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Director
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
Director
A Desperate Crime
Director
Jack the Chimney Sweep
Director
The Luny Musician
Director
Delirium in a Studio
Director
Sightseeing Through Whisky
Director
Rogues' Tricks
Director
Satan in Prison
Director
How Bridget's Lover Escaped
Director
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Director
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Director
The Prophetess of Thebes
Director
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
Director
The King and the Jester
Director
Not Guilty
Director
The Knight of Black Art
Director
The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess
Director
The Dream of an Opium Fiend
Director
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
Director
Les malheurs d'un photographe
Director
The New Lord of the Village
Director
The Miser
Director
French Cops Learning English
Director
Justinian's Human Torches
Director
The Broken Violin
Director
The Genii of Fire
Director
Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
Director
L'acteur en retard
Director
Les infortunes des patineurs
Director
In the Barber Shop
Director
In the Bogie Man's Cave
Director
His First Job
Director
Sideshow Wrestlers
Director
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
Director
The Knight of the Snow
Director
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Director
The Diabolical Church Window
Director
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Director
The Doctor's Secret
Director
The Damnation of Faust
Director
Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane
Director
The Bewitched Inn
Screenplay
The Bewitched Inn
Producer
The Bewitched Inn
Production Design
The Bewitched Inn
Editor
The Hallucinated Alchemist
Director
Playing Cards
Writer
The Conquest of the Pole
Producer
The Conquest of the Pole
Director of Photography
Cleopatra's Tomb
Director
Fantastic Dining Room
Director
The Christmas Angel
Producer
Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race
Director
Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
Director
Pygmalion and Galatea
Director
A Midnight Episode
Producer
A Midnight Episode
Director
Les Mousquetaires de la reine
Director
A Trip to the Moon
Editor
L'homme aux cent trucs
Director
L'homme aux cent trucs
Writer
Sure Cure for Indigestion
Director
The Triple Headed Lady
Director
The Devil's Laboratory
Director
Lightning Change Artist
Director
Humanity Through the Ages
Director
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"
Director
Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers
Director
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Director
Faust and Marguerite
Director
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
Director
Méliès: Tales of Terror
Director
Méliès: Tales of Terror
Producer
Extravagant Struggles
Director
Little Red Riding Hood
Director
The Man with the Rubber Head
Special Effects
The Man with the Rubber Head
Producer
The Four Troublesome Heads
Producer
The Four Troublesome Heads
Special Effects
The Impossible Voyage
Production Design
The Wonderful Rose Tree
Director
Devil's Island - Within the Palisade
Director
Violons d'Ingres
Additional Photography
Gala Méliès
Director
Visite de l'épave du Maine
Director
ORG
Thanks
Wine Cellar Burglars
Director
A Maiden's Paradise
Director
The Temple of the Sun
Director
Painless Dentistry
Director
Fun in Court
Director
A Good Trick
Director
The Sacred Fountain
Director
Drunkard and Inventor
Director
Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria
Director
China Versus Allied Powers
Director
STOP THIEF!
Director
Christ Walking on Water
Director
Excursion to the Moon
Original Film Writer
A Nightmare
Producer
A Nightmare
Editor
A Nightmare
Production Design
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Screenplay
Tunneling the English Channel
Producer
Tunneling the English Channel
Production Design
Murder Will Out
Director
The Clown and Automobile
Director
Le conférencier distrait
Director
The Black Imp
Producer
Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)
Director
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
Director
A Woman Surprised
Director
An Irritable Model
Director
Boxing Match
Director
Fencing at the Joinville School
Director
A Serpentine Dance
Director
The Cave of the Demons
Director
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Director
Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion
Director
Marvelous Suspension
Director
A Terrible Night (Remake)
Director
Les miracles du Brahmine
Director
The Mischances of a Drunkard
Director
L'agent gelé
Director
Watering the Flowers
Director
Carrefour de l'opéra
Director
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Director of Photography
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Producer
Conjuring
Director
Les tribulations d'un concierge
Director
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Writer
The Vanishing Lady
Producer
The Vanishing Lady
Editor
The Vanishing Lady
Production Design
The Witch
Writer
The Witch
Producer
Miss de Vère - English Jig
Director
Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds
Director
D. Devant, Conjurer
Director
A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation
Director
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Producer
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Editor
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
Production Design
The Hilarious Posters
Producer
The Prince of Magicians
Producer
The Human Fly
Producer
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Producer
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Production Design
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Producer
The Merry Frolics of Satan
Production Design
The Fortune Favors the Brave
Director
Le château hanté
Director
The Enchanted Basket
Director
Beelzebub's Daughters
Director
The Providence of the Waves
Director
Cooks fight
Director
The Flea
Director
The Coup of Pere Francois
Director
The Bath
Director
Fencing, the Joinville School
Director
The Stick
Director
The Invisible Siva
Director
The Fake Russian Prophet
Director
Uncle Rube's Birthday
Director
The Barber of Seville
Director
The Animated Costumes
Director
Simple Simon's Surprise Party
Director
The Astonishing Frame
Director
The Shadow Lady
Director
A Wedding by Correspondence
Director
The Grotto of Surprises
Director
The Tower of London
Director
The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles
Director
Life-Saving Up-to-Date
Director
The King of Sharpshooters
Director
Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture
Director
The Venetian Looking-Glass
Director
The Impossible Dinner
Director
The Chloroform Fiends
Director
A Mischievous Sketch
Director
A New Death Penalty
Director
Drink! A Great Temperance Story
Director
The Astronomer's Dream
Editor
The Astronomer's Dream
Production Designer
The Astronomer's Dream
Special Effects
The Astronomer's Dream
Screenplay
The Astronomer's Dream
Producer
The Four Troublesome Heads
Editor
Le château hanté
Screenplay
Le château hanté
Producer
Le château hanté
Production Design
The One-Man Band
Producer
The One-Man Band
Special Effects
Old and New Style Conjurers
Director
Who Looks, Pays!
Director
A Spiritualist Meeting
Director
A Seaside Flirtation
Director
A Night With Masqueraders in Paris
Director
The Bewildering Cabinet
Director
Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued
Director
A Forester Made King
Director
Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"
Director
Bakers in Trouble
Director
An Angelic Servant
Director
A Mistaken Identity
Director
A Lover's Hazing
Director
A Fake Diamond Swindler
Director
Curiosity Punished
Director
Pranks With a Fake Python
Director
Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning
Director
Hunting the Teddy Bear
Director
The Little Peace Maker
Director
A Love Tragedy in Spain
Director
The Mystery of the Garrison
Director
The Magic of Catchy Songs
Director
The Forester's Remedy
Director
Two Crazy Bugs
Director
The Hotel Mix-Up
Director
Oriental Black Art
Director
Two Talented Vagabonds
Director
Fun With the Bridal Party
Director
The Helping Hand
Director
The Old Footlight Favorite
Director
The Wonderful Charm
Director
Le Théâtreux joué
Director
Honeymoon in a Balloon
Director
Incident from Don Quixote
Director
The Duke's Good Joke
Director
The Fairy Dragonfly
Director
Moitié de polka
Director
Hypnotist's Revenge
Director
The Living Doll
Director
Dancing in a Harem
Director
Gugusse and the Automaton
Director
A Funny Mahometan
Director
A Twentieth Century Surgeon
Director
A Novice at X-Rays
Director
Bois de Boulogne
Director
An Impossible Balancing Feat
Story
An Impossible Balancing Feat
Producer
An Impossible Balancing Feat
Special Effects
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