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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...
Highest rated appearances
as Mabouloff

Whimsical Illusions
as The Magician

The Diabolic Tenant
as Le locataire diabolique

The Doctor's Secret
The Fortune Favors the Brave
as Gnome

French Cops Learning English
as The Police Inspector

Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
as The Roman
The Indian Sorcerer
as The Fakir

Les infortunes des patineurs
as Passerby

Not Guilty
as The Old Farmer

The New Lord of the Village
as Le fantôme de César

In the Barber Shop

Long Distance Wireless Photography

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
as Le commissaire de police

The King and the Jester
as Tribolet

Satan in Prison
as Satan

Good Glue Sticks

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
as Professor of Astronomy

Delirium in a Studio
as Ali Barbouyou

Tunneling the English Channel

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Witch
as The Fairy Carabosse

The Mysterious Retort

The Merry Frolics of Satan
as Satan

A Roadside Inn
as Drunk Traveler

A Desperate Crime

The Hilarious Posters
as The Bill Poster

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

Rip's Dream
as Rip Van Winkle

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
as Ulysses (uncredited)

The Palace of the Arabian Nights
as The Sorcerer Khalafar (uncredited)

A Mesmerian Experiment

The Lilliputian Minuet

The Black Imp

The Living Playing Cards
as The Magician

The Christmas Angel
as The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller

The Firefall
as Satan

The Wandering Jew

The Impossible Voyage
as Mabouloff

The Mermaid

The Devilish Plank

The Cook in Trouble

The Wonderful Living Fan

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

Faust and Marguerite
as Méphistophélès

The Imperceptible Transmutations
as Prince

The Clockmaker's Dream

The Untamable Whiskers
as Man with whiskers

The Fugitive Apparitions

Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
as The Magician / The Double

Tit for Tat

A Moonlight Serenade

The Terrible Turkish Executioner
as The Executioner

Faust in the Underworld
as Mephistopholes

The Ballet Master's Dream

The Magic Lantern

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Extraordinary Illusions

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

Jupiter's Thunderballs

Apparitions

The Infernal Cauldron
as Devil

The Kingdom of the Fairies
as Принц Бель-Азор

The Monster
as The priest

The Melomaniac

The Oracle of Delphi

The Mystical Flame

The Mysterious Box

The Infernal Cake-Walk
as Devil

Misfortune Never Comes Alone
as Lamplighter
Beelzebub's Daughters

The Marvellous Wreath
The Enchanted Basket

Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoé

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
as Gulliver

Sure Cure for Indigestion
as Doctor

An Impossible Balancing Feat
as The Magician

The Human Fly
as The Hindoo Magician

The Treasures of Satan

A Trip to the Moon
as Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune

The Prolific Magical Egg

The Dwarf and the Giant

The Man with the Rubber Head
as Аптекар / Гумова голова

The Devil and the Statue

Hat of Many Surprises

Bluebeard
as Barbe-bleue

The Prince of Magicians
as Excelsior
The Temple of the Sun
A Maiden's Paradise
as The Wizard

The Magician's Cavern

The Triple Headed Lady

The Brahmin and the Butterfly
as The brahmin

The Astronomer's Dream
as Астроном

The Christmas Dream
as Beggar

Joan of Arc
as Père de Jeanne

The Artist and the Dummy
as Artiste

The One-Man Band
as All the members of the orchestra

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as Wrestler

Going to Bed Under Difficulties
as The Man
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
as Le comique excentrique

The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
as Prince

A Fantastical Meal
as The Man

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
as Conjurer

The Magic Book
as The Magician

The Dreyfus Affair
as Fernand Labori

Cinderella
as le gnome de la pendule / le suisse à l'entrée de l'église

Summoning the Spirits
The Human Pyramid

A Midnight Episode
as The Sleeping Man (uncredited)

The Devil in a Convent
as The Devil

An Up-to-Date Conjurer
as Magician

The Mysterious Knight
as Le chevalier mystère

The Mysterious Portrait
as L'illusioniste

Cleopatra's Tomb
as un profanateur de la tombe de Cléopâtre

The Pillar of Fire

The Four Troublesome Heads
as Фокусник

The Temptation of St. Anthony
as Saint Antoine

Pygmalion and Galatea
as Pygmalion

The Magician
as Le Sculpteur

The Famous Box Trick
as The Magician

The Bridegroom's Dilemma
as Le marié
Faust and Marguerite
as Méphistophélès

Le château hanté
as Mephisto

The Bewitched Inn
as The Traveler

Naval Combat in Greece
as The Captain

Between Calais and Dover
as The Man in the Checked Suit
Dancing in a Harem
A Funny Mahometan
as The Funny Mahometan

Gugusse and the Automaton
as Gugusse

A Nightmare
as Man

Le manoir du diable
as Мефістофель

Conjuring
as Himself

Playing Cards
as Un joueur de cartes

A Terrible Night
as L'homme qui essaie de dormir

The Vanishing Lady
as Фокусник