Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès (December 8,1861-January 21,1938, full name: Maries-Georges-Jean Méliès) wasFrench filmmaker whofamousleading many technicalnarrative developments inearliest cinema.BornParis, France where he later died.

He was very innovative inuse"special effects". He accidentally discoveredstop trick, or substitution,1896,was one offirst filmmakersuse multiple exposures, dissolves,colorhis films.

Before making films, he wasmagician atTheatre Robert-Houdin. In 1895, he became interestedfilm after seeingdemonstration ofLumière Brothers' camera. He directed 531 films, between 1896-1914. In subject matter, these filmsoften similar tomagic theater shows that Méliès had been doing, containing "tricks"impossible events, such as objects disappearing or changing size.

His most famous film"A Trip toMoon" (Le Voyage dans la Lune) from 1902; also famous"The Impossible Voyage" (Le VoyageTravers l'Impossible) from 1904. Boththese filmsabout strange voyages, somewhat instyleJules Verne. Theseconsideredbe some ofmost important early science fiction films, although their approachcloserfantasy.

Early filmography: (English Title & Original French Title)

• The Vanishing Lady / Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin (1896)
• An Up-to-Date Conjuror / Illusioniste fin de siècle (1899)
• Cendrillon / Cinderella (1899)
• The Dreyfus Affair / L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899)
• A Trip toMoon / Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902)
• The Infernal Cakewalk / Le Cake-walk infernal (1903)
• The Mystical Flame / La Flamme merveilleuse (1903)
• Kingdom ofFairies / Le Royaume des Fées (1903)
• The Monster / Le Monstre (1903)
• The Melomaniac / Le Mélomane (1903)
• The Inn Where No Man Rests/L'Auberge du Bon Repos (1903)
• The Magic Lantern / La Lanterne magicue (1903)
• The Ballet Master's Dream / La Rêve du Maître de Ballet (1903)
• The DamnationFaust / Le Damnation de Faust (1903)
• The Terrible Turkish Executioner / Le Bourreau turc (1904)
• Untameable Whiskers / Le Roi du Maquillage (1904)
• The Impossible Voyage / Le Voyage à travers l'Impossible (1904)
• Palace ofArabian Knights / Le Palais des Mille et Une Nuits (1905)
• ParisMonte Carlo / Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en 2 heures (1905)
• The Merry FrolicsSatan / Les 400 Farces du Diable (1906)
• The Mysterious Retort / L'Alchimste Parafaragamus ou la Cornue infernale 1906)
• The Eclipse / L'Éclipse du soleilen pleine lune (1907) (image)
• Dreaman Opium Eater / Le Rêve d'un fumeur d'opium (1907)
• The Doctor's Secret / Le secret du Médécin (1910)
• Baron Munchausen's Dream / Les Hallucinations du Baron de Münchausen (1910)
• Conquest ofPole / Á la Conquète du Pole (1910)