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Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès was a French filmmaker and magician who pioneered many special effects techniques in early cinema, including stop-motion animation and multiple exposures. He directed over 500 films between 1896 and 1914, including the iconic science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (1902). He is considered one of the most important figures in the development of cinema.
Titles credited to Georges Méliès
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the...
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Le voyage à travers l'impossible
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
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Le chaudron infernal
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
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La Fée Carabosse ou le poignard fatal
A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.
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Les illusions fantaisistes
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his a...
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Les affiches en goguette
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
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L'Équilibre impossible
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
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