Georges Méliès 34 pictures

Director, Actor, Producer
Georges Melies, a professional magician by training, first saw the new "moving pictures" in 1895. Little over a year later, Melies was filming and projecting his own creations. By accident, he discovered that he could use stop-motion photography to render trick visual effects. Melies was also the first to use techniques such as the fade-in, the ...

Born: December 8, 1861
Star sign: Sagittarius
Known for: The Voyage Across the Impossible (1904), A Trip to the Moon (1902), The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906), The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
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