Georges Méliès
Directing
Born December 8, 1861 · 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 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.
Directed (344)
Méliès: Tales of Terror
2021
Gala Méliès
1929
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
1913
The Knight of the Snow
1912
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
1912
The Conquest of the Pole
1912
The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen
1911
The Diabolical Church Window
1911
Whimsical Illusions
1909
The Diabolic Tenant
1909
The Spider and the Butterfly
1909
The Doctor's Secret
1909
The Living Doll
1908
The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess
1908
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
1908
Hypnotist's Revenge
1908
The Fortune Favors the Brave
1908
Moitié de polka
1908
The Fairy Dragonfly
1908
Incident from Don Quixote
1908
The Duke's Good Joke
1908
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
1908
Honeymoon in a Balloon
1908
The Wonderful Charm
1908
The Old Footlight Favorite
1908
The Magic of Catchy Songs
1908
The Helping Hand
1908
Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
1908
Fun With the Bridal Party
1908
French Cops Learning English
1908
Two Talented Vagabonds
1908
Oriental Black Art
1908
The Hotel Mix-Up
1908
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
1908
Two Crazy Bugs
1908
The Indian Sorcerer
1908
Les malheurs d'un photographe
1908
His First Job
1908
The Forester's Remedy
1908
Les infortunes des patineurs
1908
The Mystery of the Garrison
1908
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
1908
Not Guilty
1908
Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race
1908
A Love Tragedy in Spain
1908
The Little Peace Maker
1908
Hunting the Teddy Bear
1908
The Broken Violin
1908
Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning
1908
Pranks With a Fake Python
1908
Sideshow Wrestlers
1908
The Miser
1908
The New Lord of the Village
1908
Curiosity Punished
1908
A Fake Diamond Swindler
1908
In the Barber Shop
1908
The Prophetess of Thebes
1908
Long Distance Wireless Photography
1908
A Night With Masqueraders in Paris
1908
The Dream of an Opium Fiend
1908
L'acteur en retard
1908
The Genii of Fire
1908
Justinian's Human Torches
1908
Humanity Through the Ages
1908
L'agent gelé
1908
Le Théâtreux joué
1908
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
1907
The King and the Jester
1907
In the Bogie Man's Cave
1907
The Knight of Black Art
1907
Sightseeing Through Whisky
1907
Bakers in Trouble
1907
Satan in Prison
1907
Good Glue Sticks
1907
Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"
1907
A Forester Made King
1907
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1907
Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued
1907
The Bewildering Cabinet
1907
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
1907
Delirium in a Studio
1907
Drink! A Great Temperance Story
1907
A New Death Penalty
1907
Tunneling the English Channel
1907
How Bridget's Lover Escaped
1907
The Skipping Cheese
1907
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1907
Rogues' Tricks
1907
A Mischievous Sketch
1907
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
1906
The Witch
1906
The Mysterious Retort
1906
A Seaside Flirtation
1906
The Merry Frolics of Satan
1906
Soap Bubbles
1906
A Roadside Inn
1906
A Spiritualist Meeting
1906
Punch and Judy
1906
A Desperate Crime
1906
The Hilarious Posters
1906
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
1906
Who Looks, Pays!
1906
Old and New Style Conjurers
1906
The Luny Musician
1906
Jack the Chimney Sweep
1906
A Mix-Up in the Gallery
1906
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
1905
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
1905
Life-Saving Up-to-Date
1905
The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles
1905
Rip's Dream
1905
An Improvised Fireworks Display
1905
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
1905
An Adventurous Automobile Trip
1905
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
1905
The Tower of London
1905
A Crazy Composer
1905
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
1905
The Chloroform Fiends
1905
The Venetian Looking-Glass
1905
Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture
1905
A Mesmerian Experiment
1905
The Lilliputian Minuet
1905
The Magic Dice
1905
The Black Imp
1905
The King of Sharpshooters
1905
The Living Playing Cards
1905
The Christmas Angel
1904
The Grotto of Surprises
1904
The Firefall
1904
The Wandering Jew
1904
The Impossible Voyage
1904
A Wedding by Correspondence
1904
The Shadow Lady
1904
The Astonishing Frame
1904
Simple Simon's Surprise Party
1904
The Animated Costumes
1904
The Barber of Seville
1904
Uncle Rube's Birthday
1904
The Providence of the Waves
1904
The Mischances of a Drunkard
1904
The Mermaid
1904
The Impossible Dinner
1904
The Devilish Plank
1904
The Cook in Trouble
1904
The Wonderful Living Fan
1904
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
1904
The Fake Russian Prophet
1904
Faust and Marguerite
1904
Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion
1904
A Miracle Under the Inquisition
1904
The Imperceptible Transmutations
1904
The Clockmaker's Dream
1904
The Untamable Whiskers
1904
The Fugitive Apparitions
1904
The Bewitched Trunk
1904
The Invisible Siva
1904
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
1904
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
1904
Tit for Tat
1904
The Wonderful Rose Tree
1904
A Moonlight Serenade
1903
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
1903
Faust in the Underworld
1903
The Ballet Master's Dream
1903
The Magic Lantern
1903
Comical Conjuring
1903
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
1903
Extraordinary Illusions
1903
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
1903
Jack Jags and Dum Dum
1903
Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
1903
Jupiter's Thunderballs
1903
Apparitions
1903
The Infernal Cauldron
1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies
1903
The Monster
1903
The Melomaniac
1903
A Spiritualist Photographer
1903
The Oracle of Delphi
1903
The Witch's Revenge
1903
The Mystical Flame
1903
The Drawing Lesson
1903
The Inn Where No Man Rests
1903
The Enchanted Well
1903
Les Mousquetaires de la reine
1903
The Mysterious Box
1903
The Infernal Cake-Walk
1903
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
1903
Beelzebub's Daughters
1903
The Marvellous Wreath
1903
The Enchanted Basket
1903
Robinson Crusoe
1902
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
1902
Sure Cure for Indigestion
1902
Drunkard and Inventor
1902
An Impossible Balancing Feat
1902
Marvelous Suspension
1902
The Human Fly
1902
The Coronation of Edward VII
1902
The Treasures of Satan
1902
The Magician and the Imp
1902
A Trip to the Moon
1902
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"
1902
The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
1902
The Microscopic Dancer
1902
The Prolific Magical Egg
1902
The Colonel's Shower Bath
1902
Wine Cellar Burglars
1902
Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers
1902
The Dwarf and the Giant
1901
The Man with the Rubber Head
1901
The Devil and the Statue
1901
Hat of Many Surprises
1901
Bluebeard
1901
The Sacred Fountain
1901
Off to Bedlam
1901
The Prince of Magicians
1901
A Good Trick
1901
Fun in Court
1901
Painless Dentistry
1901
The Temple of the Sun
1901
The Bachelor's Paradise
1901
A Maiden's Paradise
1901
The Magician's Cavern
1901
Little Red Riding Hood
1901
An Extraordinary Dislocation
1901
The Triple Headed Lady
1901
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
1901
The Astronomer's Dream
1900
The Christmas Dream
1900
Joan of Arc
1900
The Artist and the Dummy
1900
Crying and Laughing
1900
The One-Man Band
1900
Addition and Subtraction
1900
The Cook's Revenge
1900
The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
1900
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
1900
The Magic Book
1900
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
1900
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
1900
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
1900
A Fantastical Meal
1900
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
1900
Eight Girls in a Barrel
1900
The Doctor and the Monkey
1900
How He Missed His Train
1900
What Is Home Without the Boarder
1900
The Two Blind Men
1900
The Misfortunes of an Explorer
1900
L'homme aux cent trucs
1900
China Versus Allied Powers
1900
Les miracles du Brahmine
1900
Cooks fight
1900
The Flea
1900
The Coup of Pere Francois
1900
The Bath
1900
The Stick
1900
Extravagant Struggles
1899
The Dreyfus Affair
1899
Cinderella
1899
The Degradation of Dreyfus
1899
Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail
1899
Devil's Island - Within the Palisade
1899
Summoning the Spirits
1899
The Human Pyramid
1899
Murder Will Out
1899
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
1899
The Devil in a Convent
1899
The Pillar of Fire
1899
The Mysterious Portrait
1899
Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus
1899
Dreyfus Put in Irons
1899
Suicide of Colonel Henry
1899
Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon
1899
Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes
1899
The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori
1899
The Fight of Reporters
1899
The Court Martial at Rennes
1899
The Mysterious Knight
1899
Cleopatra's Tomb
1899
Fantastic Dining Room
1899
A Midnight Episode
1899
Lightning Change Artist
1899
Christ Walking on Water
1899
The Clown and Automobile
1899
Le conférencier distrait
1899
The Cave of the Demons
1898
The Four Troublesome Heads
1898
Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane
1898
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
1898
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
1898
The Famous Box Trick
1898
Adventures of William Tell
1898
The Temptation of St. Anthony
1898
The Magician
1898
The Damnation of Faust
1898
Pygmalion and Galatea
1898
Visite de l'épave du Maine
1898
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
1898
A Woman Surprised
1898
Carrefour de l'opéra
1898
A Novice at X-Rays
1898
Bois de Boulogne
1897
The Hallucinated Alchemist
1897
On the Roof
1897
The Last Cartridges
1897
The Surrender of Tournavos
1897
Between Calais and Dover
1897
The Bewitched Inn
1897
After the Ball
1897
Naval Combat in Greece
1897
The Devil's Laboratory
1897
Faust and Marguerite
1897
An Irritable Model
1897
Boxing Match
1897
Fencing at the Joinville School
1897
The Grasshopper and the Ant
1897
A Terrible Night (Remake)
1897
D. Devant, Conjurer
1897
Le château hanté
1897
Dancing in a Harem
1897
Gugusse and the Automaton
1897
A Funny Mahometan
1897
A Twentieth Century Surgeon
1897
A Nightmare
1896
Le manoir du diable
1896
Conjuring
1896
Playing Cards
1896
A Terrible Night
1896
The Vanishing Lady
1896
Post No Bills
1896
Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
1896
Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)
1896
A Serpentine Dance
1896
Watering the Flowers
1896
Les tribulations d'un concierge
1896
Miss de Vère - English Jig
1896
Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds
1896
A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation
1896
An Angelic Servant
A Mistaken Identity
A Lover's Hazing
Acting (149)
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
2025
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
2024
A Trip to the Melisverse
2023
Méliès: Tales of Terror
2021
The Méliès Mystery
2021
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
2014
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
2012
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011
The Magic of Méliès
1997
Cinematógrafo 1900
1979
Violons d'Ingres
1939
Gala Méliès
1929
The Knight of the Snow
1912
The Conquest of the Pole
1912
The Diabolical Church Window
1911
Whimsical Illusions
1909
The Diabolic Tenant
1909
The Doctor's Secret
1909
The Fortune Favors the Brave
1908
French Cops Learning English
1908
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
1908
The Indian Sorcerer
1908
Les infortunes des patineurs
1908
Not Guilty
1908
The New Lord of the Village
1908
In the Barber Shop
1908
Long Distance Wireless Photography
1908
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
1907