
Georges Méliès
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.
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Cinderella

A Trip to the Moon

Cleopatra's Tomb

An Extraordinary Dislocation

Le château hanté

The Doctor's Secret

A Nightmare

Extraordinary Illusions

The Monster

The Witch's Revenge

Extravagant Struggles
Painless Dentistry
STOP THIEF!

Apparitions
Watering the Flowers

The Bath

Summoning the Spirits

The Stick

The Degradation of Dreyfus

The Melomaniac

Bluebeard
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

The Cook in Trouble

The Kingdom of the Fairies

The Magician

Gala Méliès
A Twentieth Century Surgeon

The Prince of Magicians

The Spider and the Butterfly

The Mermaid

A Desperate Crime

The Famous Box Trick

Little Red Riding Hood

The Impossible Voyage
Murder Will Out
Two Crazy Bugs
A Mistaken Identity
Faust and Marguerite

The Astronomer's Dream
A Love Tragedy in Spain
A Maiden's Paradise
Up-to-Date Spiritualism

The One-Man Band
Curiosity Punished

The Miser

The Magic Book
Hypnotist's Revenge

Le manoir du diable

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

The Triple Headed Lady

The Christmas Angel

In the Barber Shop

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

The Clown and Automobile

D. Devant, Conjurer

His First Job
Oriental Black Art

The Flea

Joan of Arc

The Bewitched Inn

Carrefour de l'opéra
A Night With Masqueraders in Paris

Comical Conjuring
Gugusse and the Automaton

Jack Jags and Dum Dum

The King and the Jester
The Venetian Looking-Glass

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Long Distance Wireless Photography

The Diabolic Tenant

A Woman Surprised

A Serpentine Dance
The Animated Costumes

The Mysterious Portrait

A Fantastical Meal

The Knight of Black Art
Le Théâtreux joué
A Mischievous Sketch

Conjuring

Fantastic Dining Room

The Dwarf and the Giant
The Mystery of the Garrison
The Impossible Dinner

After the Ball

Going to Bed Under Difficulties
Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning

The Four Troublesome Heads

French Cops Learning English
Lightning Change Artist

Ten Ladies in an Umbrella

The Untamable Whiskers

The Dreyfus Affair

The Living Playing Cards
Le conférencier distrait

The Lilliputian Minuet

The Vanishing Lady

An Irritable Model
Marvelous Suspension

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

The Enchanted Well

Robert Macaire and Bertrand

The Mysterious Knight
A Wedding by Correspondence

The Marvellous Wreath
Moitié de polka

The Human Fly
Hunting the Teddy Bear
Drunkard and Inventor

The Inn Where No Man Rests

The Infernal Cake-Walk
The Bewildering Cabinet
The Fortune Favors the Brave

Cooks fight

Faust and Marguerite
Crying and Laughing

The Man with the Rubber Head
The Chloroform Fiends
The Fake Russian Prophet

The Skipping Cheese

Robinson Crusoe

The Hallucinated Alchemist

Jack the Chimney Sweep

Sure Cure for Indigestion

The Infernal Cauldron

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

The Mystical Flame

Naval Combat in Greece

Between Calais and Dover

A Miracle Under the Inquisition

An Up-to-Date Conjurer

The Genii of Fire

Pygmalion and Galatea

Misfortune Never Comes Alone

The Black Imp

Miss de Vère - English Jig

The Terrible Turkish Executioner
A Funny Mahometan

The Drawing Lesson

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

Playing Cards
The Duke's Good Joke

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds
The Shadow Lady

Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
The Old Footlight Favorite

The Scheming Gambler's Paradise

A Spiritualist Photographer

The Fugitive Apparitions

Les infortunes des patineurs

The Christmas Dream

The Pillar of Fire

The Coronation of Edward VII

A Terrible Night

The Conquest of the Pole

The Prophetess of Thebes

Faust in the Underworld
A Spiritualist Meeting

The Devil in a Convent

Rogues' Tricks

A Crazy Composer

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

An Impossible Balancing Feat

A Midnight Episode

The Damnation of Faust

The Wonderful Rose Tree
Les miracles du Brahmine

The Artist and the Dummy

The Merry Frolics of Satan

Sightseeing Through Whisky
The Barber of Seville

Tunneling the English Channel
Simple Simon's Surprise Party

The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

The Magic Lantern

Suicide of Colonel Henry

The Wandering Jew

Boxing Match

The Bridegroom's Dilemma
The Fairy Dragonfly
Dancing in a Harem

The Diabolical Church Window
The Invisible Siva

Addition and Subtraction
The Enchanted Basket

An Adventurous Automobile Trip

The Surrender of Tournavos

The Palace of the Arabian Nights

The Bewitched Trunk

The Temptation of St. Anthony

A Mix-Up in the Gallery

A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
The Astonishing Frame
L'homme aux cent trucs

The Mysterious Retort

The Enchanted Sedan Chair

The Magician and the Imp

The Mysterious Box

In the Bogie Man's Cave

Delirium in a Studio
Pranks With a Fake Python

The Dream of an Opium Fiend

Sideshow Wrestlers

Satan in Prison

The Broken Violin

The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen

Rip's Dream

The Devil's Laboratory
L'acteur en retard

The Imperceptible Transmutations

The Wonderful Living Fan

What Is Home Without the Boarder

Dreyfus Put in Irons

The Treasures of Satan
Who Looks, Pays!

The Knight of the Snow

Post No Bills

The Firefall
On the Roof
Beelzebub's Daughters

Humanity Through the Ages

The Hilarious Posters

Les tribulations d'un concierge

Whimsical Illusions

The Coup of Pere Francois
The Hotel Mix-Up

Justinian's Human Torches

Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Honeymoon in a Balloon
Incident from Don Quixote

Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus

Jupiter's Thunderballs
The Human Pyramid

Christ Walking on Water
A Seaside Flirtation

The Prolific Magical Egg

The Last Cartridges

The Clockmaker's Dream

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
The Two Blind Men
The Cave of the Demons
Two Talented Vagabonds

Eight Girls in a Barrel

The Brahmin and the Butterfly
Wine Cellar Burglars

The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood

Les malheurs d'un photographe

The Microscopic Dancer

The Ballet Master's Dream

Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
The Helping Hand

A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation
Bakers in Trouble

Tit for Tat

Les Mousquetaires de la reine

Devil's Island - Within the Palisade
A Novice at X-Rays

Good Glue Sticks

How Bridget's Lover Escaped

Adventures of William Tell

The Court Martial at Rennes

The Devil and the Statue

The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

The Luny Musician
The Temple of the Sun

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

How He Missed His Train

Off to Bedlam

Not Guilty

A Roadside Inn

Fencing at the Joinville School

The Oracle of Delphi

A Terrible Night (Remake)

The Tramp and the Mattress Makers

Hat of Many Surprises

The Doctor and the Monkey
Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers

The Bachelor's Paradise

Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

The Devilish Plank

Soap Bubbles

The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess

The New Lord of the Village
A Good Trick

Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)
Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion
Uncle Rube's Birthday

A Mesmerian Experiment
Life-Saving Up-to-Date
The Wonderful Charm
The Indian Sorcerer

The Fight of Reporters
Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane
An Angelic Servant
The Tower of London

Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes

The Cook's Revenge

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

A Tricky Painter’s Fate
Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race
Visite de l'épave du Maine
China Versus Allied Powers
L'agent gelé
Old and New Style Conjurers
Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued
The Living Doll

Bois de Boulogne

Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon

The Witch

The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

The Colonel's Shower Bath

The Magician's Cavern

A Moonlight Serenade

The Magic Dice

Punch and Judy

Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
The Sacred Fountain
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grotto of Surprises
The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles
The King of Sharpshooters
Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"
A Fake Diamond Swindler
The Magic of Catchy Songs

Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail

The Misfortunes of an Explorer

Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

An Improvised Fireworks Display
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"

Méliès: Tales of Terror
The Mischances of a Drunkard
The Providence of the Waves
Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture
A New Death Penalty
A Forester Made King
A Lover's Hazing
The Little Peace Maker
The Forester's Remedy
Fun With the Bridal Party
Fun in Court
Drink! A Great Temperance Story
Starring Georges

Cinderella

A Trip to the Moon

Le château hanté

A Nightmare

The Monster

Bluebeard

The Kingdom of the Fairies

The Magician

The Prince of Magicians

The Famous Box Trick

The Impossible Voyage
Faust and Marguerite

The Astronomer's Dream
Up-to-Date Spiritualism

The One-Man Band

The Magic Book

Le manoir du diable

The Christmas Angel

Joan of Arc

The Bewitched Inn

The King and the Jester

The Diabolic Tenant

The Mysterious Portrait

A Fantastical Meal

Going to Bed Under Difficulties

The Four Troublesome Heads

French Cops Learning English

The Untamable Whiskers

The Dreyfus Affair

The Living Playing Cards

The Vanishing Lady

The Mysterious Knight

The Human Fly

The Infernal Cake-Walk

The Man with the Rubber Head

Robinson Crusoe

The Infernal Cauldron

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

Naval Combat in Greece

Between Calais and Dover

An Up-to-Date Conjurer

Pygmalion and Galatea

Misfortune Never Comes Alone

The Terrible Turkish Executioner

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

Playing Cards

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus

Les infortunes des patineurs

The Christmas Dream

A Terrible Night

The Conquest of the Pole

Faust in the Underworld

The Devil in a Convent

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

An Impossible Balancing Feat

The Artist and the Dummy

The Merry Frolics of Satan

The Palace of the Arabian Nights

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Delirium in a Studio

Satan in Prison

Rip's Dream

The Knight of the Snow

The Firefall

The Hilarious Posters

Whimsical Illusions

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

The Brahmin and the Butterfly

Not Guilty

A Roadside Inn

The New Lord of the Village
The Indian Sorcerer

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

The Witch
