Georges Melies

Career / Biography

Georges Melies was one the most innovative of the early film makers. He is credited with developing a number of novel techniques, special effects, hand colouring as well as producing some of the earliest sci-fi, fantasy and horror films. Part of his legacy is the way he developed various techniques for filming with the imagination to take film and the audience to places outside of reality.

Director

The Conquest Of The Pole (1912)
The Devilish Tenant (1909)
Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)
The Merry Frolics Of Satan (1906)
The Living Playing Cards (1905)
The Black Imp (1905)
The Voyage Across The Impossible (1904)
Untamable Whiskers (1904)
The Mermaid (1904)
Kingdom Of The Fairies (1903)
The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
The Enchanted Well (1903)
Drawing Lesson (1903)
Jupiter's Thunderbolts (1903)
The Devil And The Statue (1902)
A Trip To The Moon (1902)
L'omnibus des toqués blancs et noirs (1901)
The Man With A Rubber Head (1901)
Blue Beard (1901)
Jeanne D'Arc (1900)
The One-Man Band (1900)
Cendrillon (1899)
The Devil In A Convent (1899)
La Danse du feu (1899)
The Astronomer's Dream (1898)
The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
Temptation of Saint Anthony (1898)
The Bewitched Inn (1897)
The Vanishing Lady (1897)
After The Ball, The Bath (1897)
Le Cauchemar (1896)
The House Of The Devil (1896)
A Terrible Night (1896) )

Producer

The Conquest Of The Pole (1912)
The Merry Frolics Of Satan (1906)
The Voyage Across The Impossible (1904)
Kingdom Of The Fairies (1903)
The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
A Trip To The Moon (1902)
The One-Man Band (1900)
The Devil In A Convent (1899)
La Danse du feu (1899)
The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
The Astronomer's Dream (1898)
The Bewitched Inn (1897)
Le Cauchemar (1896)
The House Of The Devil (1896)
A Terrible Night (1896)

Oscars

None