
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