Georges Méliès

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of "Hugo."

Cinema Pioneers: Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician

Georges Méliès (1861-1938), cinema pioneer. A first-person narration traces Méliès' early interests in drawing and magic shows. He builds a studio and constructs his own camera-projector, recruits dancers from the opera

Les Malheurs de Georges Méliès

Les Malheurs de Georges Méliès shows the ravages of time on a copy of a Georges Méliès film. By isolating and slowing down the most damaged parts of the copy of the film by one of the main inventors of special effects in

The Innovations of Georges Méliès

A video essay created by filmmaker Jon Spira on Méliès many innovations in filmmaking.

Georges Méliès Cuentos fantasticos en color

Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)

A comprehensive landmark collection celebrating the foundational work of French illusionist and cinema pioneer Georges Méliès. Painstakingly assembled from archival holdings worldwide by film preservers Eric Lange and Da

Georges Méliès: Encore - New Discoveries (1896-1911)

Georges Méliès built the world's first movie studio in 1896 and from it cascaded many fantastic films, as featured on Flicker Alley’s monumental thirteen-hour, five-DVD box, Georges Méliès: First Wizard of the Cinema. Si

A la découverte du cinématographe Georges Méliès

The Méliès Mystery

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, an

Méliès' Magic Show

This collection of shorts and film excerpts from illusionist and cinematic innovator Georges Méliès showcases his groundbreaking techniques that paved the way to modern filmmaking. Considered to be the father of cinemati