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    Georges Méliès

    French filmmaker and illusionist

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  1. Georges Méliès est un réalisateur et illusionniste français, né le 8 décembre 1861 à Paris et mort le 21 janvier 1938 dans la même ville.

  2. Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was a French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. He made about 520 films between 1896 and 1912, [2] covering a range of genres including trick films , fantasies , comedies , advertisements , satires , costume dramas , literary adaptations ...

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. Mini Bio. Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography ...

  6. Stories from The Cinémathèque française. On December 28, 1895, the magician Georges Méliès, owner of the Robert-Houdin Theater since 1888, attended a demonstration of the Lumière Cinématograph in Paris.

  7. French, 1861–1938. Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; 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. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices ...

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