Cast
Georges Méliès
Directing
Cast
Georges Méliès
Known for
Directing
Born
1861-12-08
From
Paris, France
Died
1938-01-21
Also known as Жорж Мельес, 조르주 멜리에스, Marie Georges Jean Méliès
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.
A Trip to the Moon
as Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
A Terrible Night
as L'homme qui essaie de dormir
The Extraordinary Voyage
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Impossible Voyage
as Mabouloff
Playing Cards
as Un joueur de cartes
Le manoir du diable
as Mephistopheles
Naval Combat in Greece
as The Captain
Jupiter's Thunderballs
Sure Cure for Indigestion
as Doctor
Apparitions
The Christmas Dream
as Beggar
The Ballet Master's Dream
The Diabolic Tenant
as Le locataire diabolique
Cinderella
as le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Four Troublesome Heads
as Conjurer
The Fortune Favors the Brave
as Gnome
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
as The Executioner
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
as The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited)
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
as Le comique excentrique
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoé
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self (archive footage)
Whimsical Illusions
as The Magician
The Magic Book
as The Magician
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
as The Man
Rip's Dream
as Rip Van Winkle
The Mysterious Retort
Faust in the Underworld
as Mephistopholes
The Dwarf and the Giant
The Astronomer's Dream
as Astronomer
Between Calais and Dover
as The Man in the Checked Suit
A Desperate Crime
Bluebeard
as Barbe-bleue
The Artist and the Dummy
as Artiste
Long Distance Wireless Photography
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
as Ulysses (uncredited)
A Nightmare
as Man
The Wonderful Living Fan
Delirium in a Studio
as Ali Barbouyou
Faust and Marguerite
as Méphistophélès
The Magician's Cavern
Satan in Prison
as Satan
The Magician
as Le Sculpteur
The Untamable Whiskers
as Man with whiskers
The Magic of Méliès
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
as Professor of Astronomy
Extraordinary Illusions
The Wandering Jew
The Merry Frolics of Satan
as Satan
A Fantastical Meal
as The Man
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
as Magician
The Infernal Cake-Walk
as Devil
The Fugitive Apparitions
An Impossible Balancing Feat
as The Magician
Cleopatra's Tomb
as un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre
The Infernal Cauldron
as Devil
Le château hanté
as Mephisto
The Treasures of Satan
The Bewitched Inn
as The Traveler
The Devil in a Convent
as The Devil
The Conquest of the Pole
as Le professeur Mabouloff
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
as Self (archive footage)
The Mysterious Knight
as Le chevalier mystère
The Black Imp
The Clockmaker's Dream
The Magic Lantern
The Méliès Mystery
as Self (archive footage)
The Mermaid
The Man with the Rubber Head
as The Chemist / The India Rubber Head
The Oracle of Delphi
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as Wrestler
A Midnight Episode
as The Sleeping Man (uncredited)
The Mystical Flame
Conjuring
as Himself
Gugusse and the Automaton
as Gugusse
The One-Man Band
as All the members of the orchestra
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
as The brahmin
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
as Le commissaire de police
The Kingdom of the Fairies
as Prince Bel-Azor
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
as Prince
The Enchanted Basket
Joan of Arc
as Père de Jeanne
A Moonlight Serenade
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
The Witch
as The Fairy Carabosse
The Christmas Angel
as The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller
Les infortunes des patineurs
as Passerby
Good Glue Sticks
The Hilarious Posters
as The Bill Poster
The Indian Sorcerer
as The Fakir
Hat of Many Surprises
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
as Conjurer
In the Barber Shop
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
as Gulliver
Tit for Tat
Pygmalion and Galatea
as Pygmalion
The Lilliputian Minuet
Summoning the Spirits
The Melomaniac
The Marvellous Wreath
The Triple Headed Lady
The Doctor's Secret
The Prolific Magical Egg
Faust and Marguerite
as Méphistophélès
The Devil and the Statue
A Roadside Inn
as Drunk Traveler
Tunneling the English Channel
The Monster
as The priest
The Dreyfus Affair
as Fernand Labori
Cinematógrafo 1900
as Self (archive footage)
The Living Playing Cards
as The Magician
The Pillar of Fire
The Knight of the Snow
as Devil
The Prince of Magicians
as Excelsior
The Famous Box Trick
as The Magician
The Human Pyramid
The Devilish Plank
The Vanishing Lady
as Le magicien
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Méliès: Tales of Terror
as The Melomaniac
The Mysterious Portrait
as L'illusioniste
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
The Temptation of St. Anthony
as Saint Antoine
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
as The Roman
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
as Le marié
A Maiden's Paradise
as The Wizard
The Firefall
as Satan
Violons d'Ingres
as Himself (archive footage)
The Temple of the Sun
The Mysterious Box
French Cops Learning English
as The Police Inspector
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
as Lamplighter
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
as The Magician / The Double
The New Lord of the Village
as Le fantôme de César
The Diabolical Church Window
The Cook in Trouble
Not Guilty
as The Old Farmer
Dancing in a Harem
Beelzebub's Daughters
Barbe-bleue
as Bluebeard
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
The King and the Jester
as Tribolet
The Imperceptible Transmutations
as Prince
A Mesmerian Experiment
A Funny Mahometan
as The Funny Mahometan
Gala Méliès
as Himself
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
as Devil
The Human Fly
as The Hindoo Magician