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Georges Melies

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Film Pioneer

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Film and Media Atlas. "Georges Melies." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/georges-melies.

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Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Georges Melies. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/georges-melies

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@misc{filmandmediaatlas-georges-melies,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Georges Melies},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/georges-melies},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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

Birth Year

1861 1

Death Year

1938 1

Nationality

French 1

Defining Contribution

Trick effects and narrative fantasy filmmaking; A Trip to the Moon, 1902 2

Cross-Tradition Connections

Works Created

A Trip to the Moon

Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

2. A History of Narrative Film

David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016

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