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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Méliès Mystery (2021) | Self (archive footage) | 7 |
| 2 | The Conquest of the Pole (1912) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 3 | The Knight of the Snow (1912) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 4 | The Doctor's Secret (1909) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 5 | The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) | Director / Writer | 10 |
| 6 | Whimsical Illusions (1909) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 7 | The Diabolic Tenant (1909) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 8 | His First Job (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 9 | The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 10 | The Miser (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 11 | The Broken Violin (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 12 | Les malheurs d'un photographe (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 13 | The Indian Sorcerer (1908) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 14 | L'agent gelé (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 15 | L'acteur en retard (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 16 | The New Lord of the Village (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 17 | Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 18 | Buncoed Stage Johnnie (1908) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 19 | Excursion to the Moon (1908) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 20 | Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 21 | The Genii of Fire (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 22 | The Prophetess of Thebes (1908) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 23 | In the Barber Shop (1908) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 24 | Les infortunes des patineurs (1908) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 25 | French Cops Learning English (1908) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 26 | Sideshow Wrestlers (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 27 | Justinian's Human Torches (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 28 | A Tricky Painter’s Fate (1908) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 29 | The Skipping Cheese (1907) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 30 | The King and the Jester (1907) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 31 | Tunneling the English Channel (1907) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 32 | Delirium in a Studio (1907) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 33 | Sightseeing Through Whisky (1907) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 34 | The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 35 | Satan in Prison (1907) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 36 | The Knight of Black Art (1907) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 37 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 38 | Rogues' Tricks (1907) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 39 | In the Bogie Man's Cave (1907) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 40 | How Bridget's Lover Escaped (1907) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 41 | Good Glue Sticks (1907) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 42 | The Good Luck of a 'Souse' (1907) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 43 | The Mysterious Retort (1906) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 44 | Punch and Judy (1906) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 45 | A Roadside Inn (1906) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 46 | Soap Bubbles (1906) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 47 | The Luny Musician (1906) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 48 | The Tramp and the Mattress Makers (1906) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 49 | The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 50 | A Desperate Crime (1906) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 51 | The Witch (1906) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 52 | Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1906) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 53 | A Mix-Up in the Gallery (1906) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 54 | Jack the Chimney Sweep (1906) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 55 | The Hilarious Posters (1906) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 56 | The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 57 | Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 58 | The Black Imp (1905) | Director / Writer | 5.5 |
| 59 | The Enchanted Sedan Chair (1905) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 60 | The Magic Dice (1905) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 61 | The Lilliputian Minuet (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 62 | The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 63 | The Scheming Gambler's Paradise (1905) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 64 | A Mesmerian Experiment (1905) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 65 | An Improvised Fireworks Display (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 66 | An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 67 | A Crazy Composer (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 68 | The Living Playing Cards (1905) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 69 | Rip's Dream (1905) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 70 | The Mermaid (1904) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 71 | The Christmas Angel (1904) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 72 | Tit for Tat (1904) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 73 | The Wandering Jew (1904) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 74 | Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter (1904) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 75 | The Devilish Plank (1904) | Director / Writer | 6.5 |
| 76 | The Firefall (1904) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 77 | The Cook in Trouble (1904) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 78 | Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 79 | The Untamable Whiskers (1904) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 80 | The Wonderful Living Fan (1904) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 81 | The Impossible Voyage (1904) | Director / Writer | 6.5 |
| 82 | The Wonderful Rose Tree (1904) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 83 | The Fugitive Apparitions (1904) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 84 | Faust and Marguerite (1904) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 85 | The Imperceptible Transmutations (1904) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 86 | The Bewitched Trunk (1904) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 87 | A Miracle Under the Inquisition (1904) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 88 | The Clockmaker's Dream (1904) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 89 | The Infernal Cauldron (1903) | Director / Writer | 6.5 |
| 90 | The Monster (1903) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 91 | The Melomaniac (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 92 | Ten Ladies in an Umbrella (1903) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 93 | Faust in the Underworld (1903) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 94 | Apparitions (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 95 | A Moonlight Serenade (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 96 | The Infernal Cake-Walk (1903) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 97 | The Ballet Master's Dream (1903) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 98 | Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 99 | The Drawing Lesson (1903) | Director / Writer | 5.5 |
| 100 | Extraordinary Illusions (1903) | Director / Writer | 6.5 |
| 101 | Misfortune Never Comes Alone (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 102 | The Witch's Revenge (1903) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 103 | Jack Jags and Dum Dum (1903) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 104 | A Spiritualist Photographer (1903) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 105 | The Mystical Flame (1903) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 106 | Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 107 | The Mysterious Box (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 108 | Comical Conjuring (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 109 | The Inn Where No Man Rests (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 110 | The Oracle of Delphi (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 111 | The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1903) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 112 | The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 113 | The Enchanted Well (1903) | Director / Writer | 5.5 |
| 114 | The Marvellous Wreath (1903) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 115 | Alcofribas, The Master Magician (1903) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 116 | The Colonel's Shower Bath (1902) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 117 | The Human Fly (1902) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 118 | The Coronation of Edward VII (1902) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 119 | Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 120 | Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria (1902) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 121 | Robinson Crusoe (1902) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 122 | The Treasures of Satan (1902) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 123 | A Trip to the Moon (1902) | Director / Writer | 7.6 |
| 124 | The Magician and the Imp (1902) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 125 | The Microscopic Dancer (1902) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 126 | The Prolific Magical Egg (1902) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 127 | An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902) | Director / Writer | 6.5 |
| 128 | The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique (1902) | Director / Writer | 4.5 |
| 129 | The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 130 | The Devil and the Statue (1901) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 131 | Hat of Many Surprises (1901) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 132 | The Bachelor's Paradise (1901) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 133 | The Triple Headed Lady (1901) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 134 | The Magician's Cavern (1901) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 135 | The Prince of Magicians (1901) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 136 | The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 137 | The Dwarf and the Giant (1901) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 138 | Bluebeard (1901) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 139 | Off to Bedlam (1901) | Director / Writer | 1 |
| 140 | An Extraordinary Dislocation (1901) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 141 | The Christmas Dream (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 142 | The Magic Book (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 143 | The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood (1900) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 144 | Up-to-Date Spiritualism (1900) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 145 | The Artist and the Dummy (1900) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 146 | How He Missed His Train (1900) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 147 | What Is Home Without the Boarder (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 148 | The Doctor and the Monkey (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 149 | Joan of Arc (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 150 | Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 151 | The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy (1900) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 152 | The Astronomer's Dream (1900) | Director / Writer | 8.7 |
| 153 | A Fantastical Meal (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 154 | The One-Man Band (1900) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 155 | The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 156 | Eight Girls in a Barrel (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 157 | Addition and Subtraction (1900) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 158 | The Cook's Revenge (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 159 | The Misfortunes of an Explorer (1900) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 160 | The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head (1900) | Director / Writer | 10 |
| 161 | The Court Martial at Rennes (1899) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 162 | The Dreyfus Affair (1899) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 163 | A Midnight Episode (1899) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 164 | Cinderella (1899) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 165 | Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes (1899) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 166 | Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon (1899) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 167 | The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori (1899) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 168 | The Fight of Reporters (1899) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 169 | Extravagant Struggles (1899) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 170 | Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus (1899) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 171 | Dreyfus Put in Irons (1899) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 172 | The Mysterious Portrait (1899) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 173 | Suicide of Colonel Henry (1899) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 174 | An Up-to-Date Conjurer (1899) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 175 | The Human Pyramid (1899) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 176 | Summoning the Spirits (1899) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 177 | The Devil in a Convent (1899) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 178 | The Pillar of Fire (1899) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 179 | The Mysterious Knight (1899) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 180 | Panorama from Top of a Moving Train (1898) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 181 | The Damnation of Faust (1898) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 182 | The Magician (1898) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 183 | The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 184 | Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 185 | Adventures of William Tell (1898) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 186 | The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 187 | The Famous Box Trick (1898) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 188 | The Bridegroom's Dilemma (1898) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 189 | Pygmalion and Galatea (1898) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 190 | Naval Combat in Greece (1897) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 191 | The Hallucinated Alchemist (1897) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 192 | The Surrender of Tournavos (1897) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 193 | Le château hanté (1897) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 194 | Between Calais and Dover (1897) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 195 | The Bewitched Inn (1897) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 196 | Faust and Marguerite (1897) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 197 | The Last Cartridges (1897) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 198 | After the Ball (1897) | Director / Writer | 10 |
| 199 | Bois de Boulogne (1897) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 200 | On the Roof (1897) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 201 | The Vanishing Lady (1896) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 202 | Miss de Vère - English Jig (1896) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 203 | Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds (1896) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 204 | Post No Bills (1896) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 205 | A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation (1896) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 206 | A Terrible Night (1896) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 207 | A Nightmare (1896) | Director / Writer | 8 |
| 208 | Playing Cards (1896) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 209 | Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station (1896) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 210 | Conjuring (1896) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 211 | Le manoir du diable (1896) | Director / Writer | 9 |
| 212 | Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station) (1896) | Director / Writer | 2 |

