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Signature. Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( ⫽ meɪˈljɛs ⫽; [1] French: [meljɛs]; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magician, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of cinema, primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Jun 13, 2024 · Georges Melies, early French experimenter with motion pictures, the first to film fictional narratives. Among his landmark films are Le Voyage dans la lune (1902; A Trip to the Moon) and Le Voyage a travers l’impossible (1904; The Voyage Across the Impossible).
IMDb provides an overview of Georges Méliès, a French illusionist and film director who pioneered special effects and science fiction cinema. Learn about his life, career, achievements, and discoveries in this comprehensive profile.
Before becoming one of the most important filmmakers in early cinema, Georges Méliès was—and remained throughout his life—a gifted magician. Fascinated by puppets from a young age, he was...
An in-depth biography of the film actor and director Georges Méliès, and a complete list of the artist's films, with links to movie reviews.
Georges Méliès directed, produced, edited, and starred in over 500 films between 1896 and 1913, most of them brimming with special effects the filmmaker himself invented. Before Méliès, such things as split screens, dissolves, and double exposures did not exist.
Georges Méliès died in 1938 after making over five hundred films in total - financing, directing, photographing and starring in nearly every one. Here
