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Known For
Directing
Birthday
December 8, 1861
Died
January 21, 1938
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- 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
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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.
Known For
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Devil
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
2025
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Alcoléa & cie Documentary
2024
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Archivo de imagen
A Trip to the Melisverse
2023
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The Melomaniac
Méliès: Tales of Terror
2021
6.8
Self (archive footage)
The Méliès Mystery
2021
6.0
Self (archive footage)
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
2014
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
2012
7.8
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011
7.0
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Magic of Méliès
1997
4.5
Self (archive footage)
Cinematógrafo 1900
1979
Credits
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
as Devil
2025
0.0
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
2024
0.0
A Trip to the Melisverse
as Archivo de imagen
2023
0.0
Méliès: Tales of Terror
as The Melomaniac
2021
0.0
The Méliès Mystery
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.8
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
as Self (archive footage)
2014
6.0
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
The Extraordinary Voyage
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2011
7.8
The Magic of Méliès
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1997
7.0
Cinematógrafo 1900
as Self (archive footage)
1979
4.5
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1978
0.0
Violons d'Ingres
as Himself (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Gala Méliès
as Himself
1929
0.0
The Knight of the Snow
as Devil
1912
5.8
The Conquest of the Pole
as Le professeur Mabouloff
1912
6.2
The Diabolical Church Window
1911
5.5
Whimsical Illusions
as The Magician
1909
6.2
The Diabolic Tenant
as Le locataire diabolique
1909
6.7
The Doctor's Secret
1909
5.2
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The Fortune Favors the Brave
as Gnome
1908
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French Cops Learning English
as The Police Inspector
1908
4.6
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
as The Roman
1908
5.5
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The Indian Sorcerer
as The Fakir
1908
5.3
Les infortunes des patineurs
as Passerby
1908
3.7
Not Guilty
as The Old Farmer
1908
4.0
The New Lord of the Village
as Le fantôme de César
1908
5.0
In the Barber Shop
1908
4.5
Long Distance Wireless Photography
1908
5.2
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
as Le commissaire de police
1907
4.3
The King and the Jester
as Tribolet
1907
4.9
Satan in Prison
as Satan
1907
5.5
Good Glue Sticks
1907
4.9
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
as Professor of Astronomy
1907
5.9
Delirium in a Studio
as Ali Barbouyou
1907
5.5
Tunneling the English Channel
1907
6.3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1907
5.2
The Witch
as The Fairy Carabosse
1906
6.2
The Mysterious Retort
1906
5.6
The Merry Frolics of Satan
as Satan
1906
6.5
A Roadside Inn
as Drunk Traveler
1906
5.7
A Desperate Crime
1906
6.4
The Hilarious Posters
as The Bill Poster
1906
6.0
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
1905
5.7
Rip's Dream
as Rip Van Winkle
1905
5.8
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
as Ulysses (uncredited)
1905
5.5
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
as The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited)
1905
5.6
A Mesmerian Experiment
1905
5.1
The Lilliputian Minuet
1905
4.4
The Black Imp
1905
6.5
The Living Playing Cards
as The Magician
1905
6.3
The Christmas Angel
as The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller
1904
5.5
The Firefall
as Satan
1904
4.5
The Wandering Jew
1904
4.6
The Impossible Voyage
as Mabouloff
1904
7.2
The Mermaid
1904
5.7
The Devilish Plank
1904
4.5
The Cook in Trouble
1904
5.2
The Wonderful Living Fan
1904
5.1
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
1904
4.8
The Clockmaker's Dream
1904
5.0
The Untamable Whiskers
as Man with whiskers
1904
6.2
The Fugitive Apparitions
1904
4.8
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
1904
4.6
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
as The Magician / The Double
1904
6.0
Tit for Tat
1904
5.7
A Moonlight Serenade
1903
5.2
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
as The Executioner
1903
6.1
Faust in the Underworld
as Mephistopholes
1903
5.7
The Ballet Master's Dream
1903
5.5
The Magic Lantern
1903
5.9
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
1903
5.0
Extraordinary Illusions
1903
6.1
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
1903
4.6
Jupiter's Thunderballs
1903
5.2
Apparitions
1903
5.4
The Infernal Cauldron
as Devil
1903
6.3
The Kingdom of the Fairies
as Prince Bel-Azor
1903
6.9
The Monster
as The priest
1903
6.0
The Melomaniac
1903
6.6
The Oracle of Delphi
1903
5.4
The Mystical Flame
1903
4.8
The Mysterious Box
1903
5.5
The Infernal Cake-Walk
as Devil
1903
5.6
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
as Lamplighter
1903
5.5
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Beelzebub's Daughters
1903
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The Marvellous Wreath
as Musketeer
1903
4.7
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The Enchanted Basket
1903
0.0
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoé
1902
5.5
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
as Gulliver
1902
6.0
Sure Cure for Indigestion
as Doctor
1902
6.0
An Impossible Balancing Feat
as The Magician
1902
5.8
The Human Fly
as The Hindoo Magician
1902
5.9
The Treasures of Satan
1902
5.2
A Trip to the Moon
as Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
1902
7.9
The Prolific Magical Egg
1902
6.0
The Dwarf and the Giant
1901
5.7
The Man with the Rubber Head
as The Chemist / The India Rubber Head
1901
7.2
The Devil and the Statue
1901
5.3
Hat of Many Surprises
1901
5.8
Bluebeard
as Barbe-bleue
1901
6.3
The Prince of Magicians
as Excelsior
1901
6.3
🎬
The Temple of the Sun
1901
0.0
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A Maiden's Paradise
as The Wizard
1901
0.0
The Magician's Cavern
1901
6.0
The Triple Headed Lady
1901
5.2
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
as The brahmin
1901
5.5
The Christmas Dream
as Beggar
1900
5.5
Joan of Arc
as Père de Jeanne
1900
6.9
The Artist and the Dummy
as Artiste
1900
4.5
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
as The Man
1900
6.4
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as Wrestler
1900
6.5
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Up-to-Date Spiritualism
as Le comique excentrique
1900
5.7
The One-Man Band
as All the members of the orchestra
1900
6.7
A Fantastical Meal
as The Man
1900
6.2
The Magic Book
as The Magician
1900
6.2
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
as Conjurer
1900
5.8
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
as Prince
1900
5.1
The Dreyfus Affair
as Fernand Labori
1899
5.5
Cinderella
as le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église
1899
6.2
Summoning the Spirits
1899
5.2
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The Human Pyramid
1899
5.2
The Pillar of Fire
1899
5.9
The Mysterious Knight
as Le chevalier mystère
1899
6.2
Cleopatra's Tomb
as un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre
1899
1.7
The Devil in a Convent
as The Devil
1899
6.3
The Mysterious Portrait
as L'illusioniste
1899
6.0
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
as Magician
1899
6.3
A Midnight Episode
as The Sleeping Man (uncredited)
1899
3.5
The Four Troublesome Heads
as Conjurer
1898
7.2
The Magician
as Le Sculpteur
1898
6.1
Pygmalion and Galatea
as Pygmalion
1898
4.9
The Famous Box Trick
as The Magician
1898
6.1
The Temptation of St. Anthony
as Saint Antoine
1898
5.7
The Astronomer's Dream
as Astronomer
1898
6.9
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
as Le marié
1898
4.0
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Faust and Marguerite
as Méphistophélès
1897
3.9
Le château hanté
as Mephisto
1897
5.7
The Bewitched Inn
as The Traveler
1897
6.3
Between Calais and Dover
as The Man in the Checked Suit
1897
5.4
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A Funny Mahometan
as The Funny Mahometan
1897
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Naval Combat in Greece
as The Captain
1897
5.3
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Dancing in a Harem
1897
0.0
A Nightmare
as Man
1896
6.0
Le manoir du diable
as Mephistopheles
1896
6.4
Conjuring
as Himself
1896
5.2
Playing Cards
as Un joueur de cartes
1896
4.9
A Terrible Night
as L'homme qui essaie de dormir
1896
5.2
The Vanishing Lady
as Le magicien
1896
6.2