credits of
Georges Méliès
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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April 16th, 2025 | Satans Sacrilegious Saga | Devil | TBD | |
February 21st, 2024 | Alcoléa & cie Documentary | TBD | TBD | |
October 8th, 2021 | Méliès: Tales of Terror | The Melomaniac | TBD | |
January 2nd, 2021 | The Méliès Mystery | Self (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
November 30th, 2014 | El hombre que quiso ser Segundo | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
February 28th, 2012 | The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 8th, 2011 | The Extraordinary Voyage | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1997 | The Magic of Méliès | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
November 25th, 1979 | Cinematógrafo 1900 | Self (archive footage) | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1939 | Violons d'Ingres | Himself (archive footage) | 7 | |
December 16th, 1929 | Gala Méliès | Himself | TBD | |
December 20th, 1912 | The Knight of the Snow | Devil | 5.9 | |
May 3rd, 1912 | The Conquest of the Pole | Le professeur Mabouloff | 6.2 | |
October 1st, 1911 | The Diabolical Church Window | TBD | 5.7 | |
December 1st, 1909 | Whimsical Illusions | The Magician | 6.3 | |
May 29th, 1909 | The Diabolic Tenant | Le locataire diabolique | 6.8 | |
January 10th, 1909 | The Doctor's Secret | TBD | 5.3 | |
October 31st, 1908 | The Fortune Favors the Brave | Gnome | 9 | |
July 26th, 1908 | French Cops Learning English | The Police Inspector | 5.1 | |
July 2nd, 1908 | Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler | The Roman | 5.5 | |
June 25th, 1908 | The Indian Sorcerer | The Fakir | 5.7 | |
June 5th, 1908 | Les infortunes des patineurs | Passerby | 4.1 | |
May 23rd, 1908 | Not Guilty | The Old Farmer | 4.4 | |
March 22nd, 1908 | The New Lord of the Village | Le fantôme de César | 5.4 | |
February 16th, 1908 | In the Barber Shop | TBD | 5 | |
February 7th, 1908 | Long Distance Wireless Photography | TBD | 5.5 | |
December 30th, 1907 | The Good Luck of a 'Souse' | Le commissaire de police | 4.9 | |
December 13th, 1907 | The King and the Jester | Tribolet | 5.1 | |
September 30th, 1907 | Satan in Prison | Satan | 5.7 | |
September 20th, 1907 | Good Glue Sticks | TBD | 4.9 | |
June 7th, 1907 | The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon | Professor of Astronomy | 6 | |
May 23rd, 1907 | Delirium in a Studio | Ali Barbouyou | 5.6 | |
April 22nd, 1907 | Tunneling the English Channel | TBD | 6.5 | |
February 17th, 1907 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | TBD | 5.1 | |
November 6th, 1906 | The Witch | The Fairy Carabosse | 6.3 | |
September 28th, 1906 | The Mysterious Retort | TBD | 5.7 | |
September 7th, 1906 | The Merry Frolics of Satan | Satan | 6.5 | |
June 25th, 1906 | A Roadside Inn | Drunk Traveler | 5.9 | |
June 1st, 1906 | A Desperate Crime | TBD | 6.4 | |
April 20th, 1906 | The Hilarious Posters | The Bill Poster | 6.2 | |
December 27th, 1905 | The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship | TBD | 5.8 | |
November 14th, 1905 | Rip's Dream | Rip Van Winkle | 5.9 | |
September 1st, 1905 | Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus | Ulysses (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
June 10th, 1905 | The Palace of the Arabian Nights | The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
March 3rd, 1905 | A Mesmerian Experiment | TBD | 5.4 | |
February 19th, 1905 | The Lilliputian Minuet | TBD | 4.8 | |
January 27th, 1905 | The Black Imp | TBD | 6.5 | |
January 6th, 1905 | The Living Playing Cards | The Magician | 6.4 | |
December 23rd, 1904 | The Christmas Angel | The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller | 5.8 | |
December 1st, 1904 | The Firefall | Satan | 4.6 | |
November 25th, 1904 | The Wandering Jew | TBD | 5 | |
October 29th, 1904 | The Impossible Voyage | Mabouloff | 7.3 | |
May 26th, 1904 | The Mermaid | TBD | 5.7 | |
May 13th, 1904 | The Devilish Plank | TBD | 4.7 | |
May 6th, 1904 | The Cook in Trouble | TBD | 5.5 | |
April 29th, 1904 | The Wonderful Living Fan | TBD | 5.2 | |
April 16th, 1904 | Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer | TBD | 4.9 | |
March 25th, 1904 | Faust and Marguerite | Méphistophélès | 4.9 | |
February 16th, 1904 | The Imperceptible Transmutations | Prince | 5.2 | |
February 11th, 1904 | The Clockmaker's Dream | TBD | 5.3 | |
February 5th, 1904 | The Untamable Whiskers | Man with whiskers | 6.2 | |
February 3rd, 1904 | The Fugitive Apparitions | TBD | 5.1 | |
January 15th, 1904 | Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter | TBD | 4.9 | |
January 13th, 1904 | A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself | The Magician / The Double | 8 | |
January 5th, 1904 | Tit for Tat | TBD | 5.9 | |
December 26th, 1903 | A Moonlight Serenade | TBD | 5.3 | |
December 11th, 1903 | The Terrible Turkish Executioner | The Executioner | 6.2 | |
December 5th, 1903 | Faust in the Underworld | Mephistopholes | 5.8 | |
November 10th, 1903 | The Ballet Master's Dream | TBD | 5.8 | |
October 30th, 1903 | The Magic Lantern | TBD | 6 | |
October 3rd, 1903 | Alcofribas, The Master Magician | TBD | 5.1 | |
September 22nd, 1903 | Extraordinary Illusions | TBD | 6.2 | |
September 14th, 1903 | Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid | TBD | 4.7 | |
August 20th, 1903 | Jupiter's Thunderballs | TBD | 5.4 | |
August 9th, 1903 | Apparitions | TBD | 5.7 | |
August 1st, 1903 | The Infernal Cauldron | Devil | 6.3 | |
July 25th, 1903 | The Kingdom of the Fairies | Prince Bel-Azor | 6.9 | |
May 26th, 1903 | The Monster | The priest | 6.1 | |
May 18th, 1903 | The Melomaniac | TBD | 6.5 | |
May 8th, 1903 | The Oracle of Delphi | TBD | 5.6 | |
April 19th, 1903 | The Mystical Flame | TBD | 5 | |
February 27th, 1903 | The Mysterious Box | TBD | 5.5 | |
February 21st, 1903 | The Infernal Cake-Walk | Devil | 5.6 | |
February 2nd, 1903 | Misfortune Never Comes Alone | Lamplighter | 5.6 | |
January 26th, 1903 | Beelzebub's Daughters | TBD | 7 | |
January 18th, 1903 | The Marvellous Wreath | TBD | 4.7 | |
January 3rd, 1903 | The Enchanted Basket | TBD | 8 | |
December 20th, 1902 | Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoé | 5.7 | |
November 22nd, 1902 | Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants | Gulliver | 6 | |
October 25th, 1902 | Sure Cure for Indigestion | Doctor | 7 | |
September 13th, 1902 | An Impossible Balancing Feat | The Magician | 5.9 | |
August 9th, 1902 | The Human Fly | The Hindoo Magician | 6 | |
July 26th, 1902 | The Treasures of Satan | TBD | 5.2 | |
June 15th, 1902 | A Trip to the Moon | Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune | 7.9 | |
March 15th, 1902 | The Prolific Magical Egg | TBD | 6 | |
December 14th, 1901 | The Dwarf and the Giant | TBD | 5.9 | |
December 1st, 1901 | The Man with the Rubber Head | The Chemist / The India Rubber Head | 7.2 | |
December 1st, 1901 | The Devil and the Statue | TBD | 5.4 | |
September 14th, 1901 | Hat of Many Surprises | TBD | 6 | |
July 25th, 1901 | Bluebeard | Barbe-bleue | 6.3 | |
June 22nd, 1901 | The Prince of Magicians | Excelsior | 6.3 | |
May 18th, 1901 | The Temple of the Sun | TBD | 8 | |
April 20th, 1901 | A Maiden's Paradise | The Wizard | TBD | |
April 13th, 1901 | The Magician's Cavern | TBD | 6.2 | |
January 25th, 1901 | The Triple Headed Lady | TBD | 5.8 | |
January 18th, 1901 | The Brahmin and the Butterfly | The brahmin | 5.5 | |
October 7th, 1900 | The Astronomer's Dream | Astronomer | 7 | |
August 8th, 1900 | The Christmas Dream | Beggar | 5.6 | |
August 6th, 1900 | Joan of Arc | Père de Jeanne | 6.9 | |
May 21st, 1900 | The Artist and the Dummy | Artiste | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1900 | The One-Man Band | All the members of the orchestra | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 1900 | The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match | Wrestler | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 1900 | Going to Bed Under Difficulties | The Man | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 1900 | Up-to-Date Spiritualism | Le comique excentrique | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1900 | The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy | Prince | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 1900 | The Magic Book | The Magician | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 1900 | A Fantastical Meal | The Man | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1900 | The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head | Conjurer | 5.9 | |
November 4th, 1899 | The Dreyfus Affair | Fernand Labori | 5.5 | |
October 1st, 1899 | Cinderella | le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église | 6.2 | |
May 20th, 1899 | Summoning the Spirits | TBD | 5.2 | |
May 20th, 1899 | The Human Pyramid | TBD | 5.5 | |
January 1st, 1899 | A Midnight Episode | The Sleeping Man (uncredited) | 3.5 | |
January 1st, 1899 | The Devil in a Convent | The Devil | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1899 | An Up-to-Date Conjurer | Magician | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1899 | The Mysterious Knight | Le chevalier mystère | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1899 | The Mysterious Portrait | L'illusioniste | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1899 | Cleopatra's Tomb | un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre | 1.7 | |
January 1st, 1899 | The Pillar of Fire | TBD | 5.9 | |
November 30th, 1898 | The Four Troublesome Heads | Conjurer | 7.2 | |
January 1st, 1898 | The Temptation of St. Anthony | Saint Antoine | 5.8 | |
January 1st, 1898 | Pygmalion and Galatea | Pygmalion | 5.1 | |
January 1st, 1898 | The Magician | Le Sculpteur | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 1898 | The Famous Box Trick | The Magician | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 1898 | The Bridegroom's Dilemma | Le marié | 7 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Faust and Marguerite | Méphistophélès | 3.9 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Le château hanté | Mephisto | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1897 | The Bewitched Inn | The Traveler | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Naval Combat in Greece | The Captain | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Between Calais and Dover | The Man in the Checked Suit | 5.4 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Dancing in a Harem | TBD | 10 | |
January 1st, 1897 | A Funny Mahometan | The Funny Mahometan | 10 | |
January 1st, 1897 | Gugusse and the Automaton | Gugusse | 6.6 | |
December 25th, 1896 | A Nightmare | Man | 6.1 | |
December 24th, 1896 | Le manoir du diable | Mephistopheles | 6.4 | |
June 15th, 1896 | Conjuring | Himself | 5.2 | |
March 1st, 1896 | Playing Cards | Un joueur de cartes | 4.9 | |
January 1st, 1896 | A Terrible Night | L'homme qui essaie de dormir | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1896 | The Vanishing Lady | Le magicien | 6.2 |