French stage magician turned filmmaker who discovered that the camera could perform tricks the stage could not, and built cinema's first fantasy worlds in his Montreuil glass studio. His hand-tinted spectacles, above all A Trip to the Moon in 1902, made him the founder of special effects and narrative fantasy film.
Facts
Defining ContributionTrick effects and narrative fantasy filmmaking; A Trip to the Moon, 1902 2 Connections
Works Created
Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
2. A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016
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