Georges mélièsGeorges méliès1861-19381861-19381861-19381861-19381861-19381861-1938

Born in parisBorn in parisOn the 8th of december On the 8th of december

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Died in parisDied in parisOn 21st january 1938On 21st january 1938

Historical context

• Changing from the 19th Century to the 20th Century

• Optimist period in technology. Full of inventions (first flight by Wright brothers, Henry Ford's first cars, Einstein's Theory of Relativity)

Famous for?• Technical and narrative

developments in the earliest days of cinema

• Special effects

• Stop trick

• Multiple exposure, hand painted colour

• The first "Cinemagician"

Influences• Robert Houdin (magician).

Magic lessons.

• He performed and was the owner of the Theatre Robert-Houdin

• Lumière brothers. He built his own camera

• Automata

International success• May 1902. A Trip to the Moon

• Based on Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon

• The Coronation of Edward VII

• Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (based on Jonathan Swift novel)

• Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)

Later life

• Méliès was bankrupt and unable to continue making films.

• World War I

• He disappeared from public life. He was a toy salesman at the Montparnasse station.

• December 1929 a gala retrospective of his work.

Books and films

• Hugo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 2011

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick. 2007

My opinion

• Georges Méliès was a genious who could see the beyond many others.

• He wanted to create dreams, he explored the unconscious and our oniric part.

• He gave us many beautiful images

• He was a story creator and a very talented person.

My opinion

• Georges Méliès was a genious who could see the beyond many others.

• He wanted to create dreams, he explored the unconscious and our oniric part.

• He gave us many beautiful images

• He was a story creator and a very talented person.