Georges Méliès

Director

Born: December 8, 1861
Died: January 21, 1938 (age 76)
From: Paris, France

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…

Filmography (354)

Satans Sacrilegious Saga (2025)
Devil
Alcoléa & cie Documentary (2024)
Méliès: Tales of Terror (2021)
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The Méliès Mystery (2021)
Self (archive footage)
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo (2014)
Self (archive footage)
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès (2012)
Self (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Magic of Méliès (1997)
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Cinematógrafo 1900 (1979)
Self (archive footage)
Violons d'Ingres (1939)
Himself (archive footage)
Gala Méliès (1929)
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The Voyage of M. Bourrichon (1913)
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The Knight of the Snow (1912)
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Cinderella or The Glass Slipper (1912)
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The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
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The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen (1911)
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The Diabolical Church Window (1911)
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Whimsical Illusions (1909)
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The Diabolic Tenant (1909)
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The Spider and the Butterfly (1909)
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The Doctor's Secret (1909)
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The Living Doll
The Living Doll (1908)
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The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess (1908)
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Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)
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The Fortune Favors the Brave
The Fortune Favors the Brave (1908)
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Hypnotist's Revenge
Hypnotist's Revenge (1908)
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Moitié de polka
Moitié de polka (1908)
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The Fairy Dragonfly
The Fairy Dragonfly (1908)
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Incident from Don Quixote
Incident from Don Quixote (1908)
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The Duke's Good Joke
The Duke's Good Joke (1908)
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