Georges Méliès Innovative early French filmmaker

Georges Méliès is a 76 years old Innovative early French filmmaker from Paris. Georges Méliès was born on December 08, 1861 (died on January 21, 1938, he was 76 years old) in Paris as Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès.

About

Is Georges Méliès still alive?

No, he died on 01/21/1938, 86 years ago. He was 76 years old when he died. Cause of death: cancer. He died in Paris and buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery .

Family

Wives

Georges Méliès had two marriages.

Brother

Georges Méliès had 1 sibling. French film director Gaston (9 years older)

Works

Georges Méliès Movies (379)

There are 379 movies of Georges Méliès.

His first feature film was A Trip to the Moon (1902). He was 40 when he starred in this movie. Since 1902, he has appeared in 379 feature films. The last one is Méliès' Magic Show (1997). In this movie, we watched him in the Divers character .

View all Georges Méliès movies.

Georges Méliès movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Producer	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Production Design	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Editor	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Director	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Screenplay	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Professor Barbenfouillis / The Moon	A Trip to the Moon (1902)	40
Production Design	The Impossible Voyage (1904)	42
Director	The Impossible Voyage (1904)	42
Screenplay	The Impossible Voyage (1904)	42
Mabouloff	The Impossible Voyage (1904)	42
Producer	The Impossible Voyage (1904)	42
Casting	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Producer	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Director	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Creator	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Production Design	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Special Effects	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Astronomer	The Astronomer's Dream (1898)	37
Director	The Haunted Castle (1896)	35
Producer	The Haunted Castle (1896)	35
Production Design	The Haunted Castle (1896)	35
Mephistopheles	The Haunted Castle (1896)	35
Writer	The Haunted Castle (1896)	35
Director	The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)	39
Producer	The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)	39
Special Effects	The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)	39
	The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)	39
Le gnome de la pendule / Le suisse à l'entrée de l'église	Cinderella (1899)	37
Director	Cinderella (1899)	37
Production Design	A Nightmare (1896)	34
Man	A Nightmare (1896)	34
Director	A Nightmare (1896)	34
Editor	A Nightmare (1896)	34
Producer	A Nightmare (1896)	34
Special Effects	The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)	36
Director	The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)	36
Producer	The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)	36
Conjurer	The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)	36
Director	The Diabolic Tenant (1909)	47
Le Locataire diabolique	The Diabolic Tenant (1909)	47
Conjurer	The Vanishing Lady (1896)	34
Director	The Vanishing Lady (1896)	34
All the members of the orchestra	The One-Man Band (1900)	38
Director	The One-Man Band (1900)	38
Producer	The Infernal Cauldron (1903)	41
Director	The Infernal Cauldron (1903)	41
Devil	The Infernal Cauldron (1903)	41
Himself - Filmmaker	The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)	150
Magician	The Conjurer (1899)	37
Director	The Conjurer (1899)	37
Director	The Melomaniac (1903)	41
	The Melomaniac (1903)	41
Director	The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)	41
Prince Bel-Azor	The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)	41
Director	After the Ball (1897)	35
The Devil	The Devil in a Convent (1899)	37
Director	The Devil in a Convent (1899)	37
	Joan of Arc (1900)	38
Director	Joan of Arc (1900)	38
	The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)	36
Director	The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)	36
Production Design	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
Director	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
L'homme qui essaie de dormir	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
Writer	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
Producer	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
Director	The Black Imp (1905)	43
Producer	The Black Imp (1905)	43
	The Black Imp (1905)	43
Director	Bluebeard (1901)	39
	Bluebeard (1901)	39
Un joueur de cartes	Playing Cards (1896)	34
Director	Playing Cards (1896)	34
Writer	Playing Cards (1896)	34
Director	The Pillar of Fire (1899)	37
Man with whiskers	The Untamable Whiskers (1904)	42
Director	The Untamable Whiskers (1904)	42
Director	The Mermaid (1904)	42
	The Mermaid (1904)	42
Director	The Living Playing Cards (1905)	43
The Magician	The Living Playing Cards (1905)	43
Director	The Bewitched Inn (1897)	35
	The Bewitched Inn (1897)	35
Director	The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique (1902)	40
Director	Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)	40
	The Prolific Magical Egg (1903)	41
Director	The Prolific Magical Egg (1903)	41
Director	Adventures of William Tell (1898)	36
Director	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
Writer	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
Producer	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
Editor	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
Production Design	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
	The Haunted Castle (1897)	35
Director	The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)	45
Professor of Astronomy	The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)	45
Director	Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898)	36
Director	The Hilarious Posters (1906)	44
	The Hilarious Posters (1906)	44
Director	The Wonderful Living Fan (1904)	42
	The Wonderful Living Fan (1904)	42
Director	The Prince of Magicians (1901)	39
Director	The Infernal Cakewalk (1903)	41
Devil	The Infernal Cakewalk (1903)	41
Director	The Conquest of the Pole (1912)	50
Le professeur Mabouloff	The Conquest of the Pole (1912)	50
Screenplay	The Conquest of the Pole (1912)	50
The Man	Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)	38
Director	Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)	38
Director	The Dreyfus Affair (1899)	37
Fernand Labori	The Dreyfus Affair (1899)	37
Satan	The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)	44
Director	The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)	44
Director	Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903)	41
	Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903)	41
	Good Glue Sticks (1907)	45
Director	Good Glue Sticks (1907)	45
	The Witch (1906)	45
Director	The Witch (1906)	45
Director	The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)	40
Wrestler	The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)	40
Director	The Inn Where No Man Rests (1903)	41
	Whimsical Illusions (1909)	47
Director	Whimsical Illusions (1909)	47
	Apparitions (1903)	41
Director	Apparitions (1903)	41
Director	The Firefall (1904)	42
Director	On the Roofs (1897)	35
Director	The Magic Book (1900)	38
Director	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)	45
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)	45
	The Magic Lantern (1903)	41
Director	The Magic Lantern (1903)	41
	The Monster (1903)	41
Director	The Monster (1903)	41
Director	Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904)	42
	Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904)	42
Director	The Hallucinated Alchemist (1897)	35
Director	The Cook's Revenge (1900)	38
Director	The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905)	43
Producer	Tunneling the English Channel (1907)	45
	Tunneling the English Channel (1907)	45
Director	Tunneling the English Channel (1907)	45
Production Design	Tunneling the English Channel (1907)	45
Director	Post No Bills (1896)	34
Director	An Extraordinary Dislocation (1901)	39
	The Fugitive Apparitions (1904)	42
Director	The Fugitive Apparitions (1904)	42
Director	The Magician (1898)	36
Director	The Doctor and the Monkey (1900)	38
Director	The Devil and the Statue (1901)	39
	The Devil and the Statue (1901)	39
	Alcofribas, The Master Magician (1903)	41
Screenplay	Alcofribas, The Master Magician (1903)	41
Director	Alcofribas, The Master Magician (1903)	41
Satan	Satan in Prison (1907)	45
Director	Satan in Prison (1907)	45
Director	The Dwarf and the Giant (1901)	39
	The Dwarf and the Giant (1901)	39
Director	Extraordinary Illusions (1903)	41
	Extraordinary Illusions (1903)	41
Director	A Mesmerian Experiment (1905)	43
	A Mesmerian Experiment (1905)	43
Director	The Microscopic Dancer (1902)	40
Director	The Drawing Lesson (1903)	41
Director	Faust and Marguerite (1904)	42
Director	Rip's Dream (1905)	43
Director	Ten Ladies in an Umbrella (1903)	41
Director	Cinderella or The Glass Slipper (1912)	50
Director	Sightseeing Through Whisky (1907)	45
Director	The Scheming Gambler's Paradise (1905)	43
Director	The Enchanted Well (1903)	41
Beggar	The Christmas Dream (1900)	39
Director	The Christmas Dream (1900)	39
Director	The Bridegroom's Dilemma (1898)	36
Director	The Spider and the Butterfly (1909)	47
	The Treasures of Satan (1902)	40
Director	The Treasures of Satan (1902)	40
Director	A Spiritualist Photographer (1903)	41
Thanks	ORG (1979)	117
Director	The Luny Musician (1906)	44
Director	A Miracle Under the Inquisition (1904)	42
L'illusioniste	The Mysterious Portrait (1899)	37
Director	The Mysterious Portrait (1899)	37
Director	The Famous Box Trick (1898)	36
Director	An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902)	40
Director	Suicide of Colonel Henry (1899)	37
Director	Summoning the Spirits (1899)	37
	Summoning the Spirits (1899)	37
Director	Robinson Crusoe (1902)	41
Cinematography	Panorama from Top of a Moving Train (1898)	36
Director	Panorama from Top of a Moving Train (1898)	36
Director	Between Calais and Dover (1897)	35
Director	The Devilish Plank (1904)	42
	The Devilish Plank (1904)	42
Director	Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)	43
Director	The Fight of Reporters (1899)	37
Director	The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901)	41
Director	The Coronation of Edward VII (1902)	40
Director	The Surrender of Tournavos (1897)	35
	A Moonlight Serenade (1904)	42
Director	A Moonlight Serenade (1904)	42
Le comique excentrique	Up-to-Date Spiritualism (1900)	38
Director	Up-to-Date Spiritualism (1900)	38
Director	How He Missed His Train (1900)	38
	The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904)	42
Director	The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904)	42
Director	The Last Cartridges (1897)	35
Director	The Magician's Cavern (1901)	39
	The Magician's Cavern (1901)	39
Director	The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head (1900)	38
	Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid (1903)	41
Director	Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid (1903)	41
Director	The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908)	46
	The Wandering Jew (1904)	42
Director	The Wandering Jew (1904)	42
Director	Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil (1907)	45
Director	A Desperate Crime (1906)	44
Director	A Fantastical Meal (1900)	38
Director	What Is Home Without the Boarder (1901)	39
	The Doctor's Secret (1910)	48
Director	The Doctor's Secret (1910)	48
	The Oracle of Delphi (1903)	41
Director	The Oracle of Delphi (1903)	41
Director	Addition and Subtraction (1900)	38
Le chevalier mystère	The Mysterious Knight (1899)	37
Director	The Mysterious Knight (1899)	37
	Hat of Many Surprises (1901)	39
Director	Hat of Many Surprises (1901)	39
Director	The Human Fly (1902)	40
Director	Comical Conjuring (1903)	42
Director	An Improvised Fireworks Display (1905)	43
Director	The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen (1911)	49
Director	Off to Bedlam (1901)	39
Director	Faust in the Underworld (1903)	42
Mephistopholes	Faust in the Underworld (1903)	42
Director	Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)	46
	Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)	46
Director	A Roadside Inn (1906)	44
Director	Punch and Judy (1906)	44
	The Mysterious Retort (1906)	44
Director	The Mysterious Retort (1906)	44
Director	Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913) (2008)	146
	Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913) (2008)	146
Director	Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes (1899)	37
Director	An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)	43
	The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905)	44
Director	The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905)	44
Director	The Bachelor's Paradise (1901)	39
Director	The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood (1900)	38
Director	The Mysterious Box (1903)	41
Director	The Witch's Revenge (1903)	41
Director	The Human Pyramid (1899)	37
	The Human Pyramid (1899)	37
Director	The Colonel's Shower Bath (1902)	40
Director	A Crazy Composer (1905)	43
Director	Faust and Marguerite (1897)	35
Director	The Cook in Trouble (1904)	42
Director	Une indigestion (1903)	41
Director	The Marvellous Wreath (1903)	41
Director	A Mix-Up in the Gallery (1906)	44
Director	The Magician and the Imp (1902)	40
Director	Humanity Through the Ages (1908)	46
Himself	Violons d'Ingres (1939)	77
Director	A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself (1904)	42
Director	The Ballet Master's Dream (1903)	42
	The Ballet Master's Dream (1903)	42
Director	Naval Combat in Greece (1897)	35
The Captain	Naval Combat in Greece (1897)	35
Director	The Enchanted Sedan Chair (1905)	43
Director	The Court Martial at Rennes (1899)	37
Director	The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori (1899)	37
Director	Eight Girls in a Barrel (1900)	38
Director	Lightning Change Artist (1899)	37
Director	Le conférencier distrait (1899)	37
	Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter (1904)	42
Director	Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter (1904)	42
Director	Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus (1899)	37
Director	The Mystical Flame (1903)	41
	The Mystical Flame (1903)	41
Director	The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess (1908)	46
Director	Sideshow Wrestlers (1908)	46
Director	The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy (1900)	38
Director	Dreyfus Put in Irons (1899)	37
l'homme en blouse blanche / la tête	L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc	39
Special Effects	L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc	39
Producer	L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc	39
Director	L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc	39
Director	Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station) (1896)	34
Director	Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station (1896)	34
Director	A Serpentine Dance (1896)	34
Director	A Terrible Night (1896)	34
Director	Fencing at the Joinville School (1897)	35
Director	The Devil's Laboratory (1897)	35
Director	Boxing Match (1897)	35
Director	An Irritable Model (1897)	35
Director	The Grasshopper and the Ant (1897)	35
Director	A Terrible Night (Remake) (1897)	35
Pygmalion	Pygmalion and Galatea (1898)	36
Director	A Woman Surprised (1898)	36
Director	Pygmalion and Galatea (1898)	36
Director	The Cave of the Demons (1898)	37
Director	Fantastic Dining Room (1899)	37
Director	Cleopatra's Tomb (1899)	37
Director	The Clown and Automobile (1899)	37
Director	Christ Walking on Water (1899)	37
Director	Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon (1899)	37
Director	Murder Will Out (1899)	37
Director	Devil's Island - Within the Palisade (1899)	37
Director	Extravagant Struggles (1899)	37
Director	L'Illusionniste fin de siècle - Remake (1900)	38
Director	Les miracles du Brahmine (1900)	38
Director	The Two Blind Men (1900)	38
Director	The Misfortunes of an Explorer (1900)	38
Artiste	The Artist and the Dummy (1900)	38
Director	The Artist and the Dummy (1900)	38
Writer	L'homme aux cent trucs (1901)	39
Director	L'homme aux cent trucs (1901)	39
Director	The Triple Headed Lady (1901)	39
Director	Little Red Riding Hood (1901)	39
Director	The Flying Woman (1902)	40
Director	The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" (1902)	40
Director	A Trip to the Moon - Colorized (1902)	40
Director	Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers (1903)	41
Director	The Damnation of Faust (1903)	36
Director	Misfortune Never Comes Alone (1903)	41
Director	Jack Jags and Dum Dum (1903)	41
Director	Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion (1904)	42
Director	The Misadventures of Mr. Boit-Sans-Soif (1904)	42
Director	The Christmas Angel (1904)	42
Producer	The Christmas Angel (1904)	42
Director	The Imperceptible Transmutations (1904)	42
Director	The Wonderful Rose Tree (1904)	42
	Tit for Tat (1904)	42
Director	Tit for Tat (1904)	42
Director	The Bewitched Trunk (1904)	42
Director	The Clockmaker's Dream (1904)	42
	The Clockmaker's Dream (1904)	42
Director	The Magic Dice (1905)	43
Director	The Lilliputian Minuet (1905)	44
Director	Living Soap Bubbles (1906)	44
Director	The Tramp and the Mattress Makers (1906)	44
Director	Jack the Chimney Sweep (1906)	44
Director	The Skipping Cheese (1907)	45
Director	Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1907)	45
Director	Rogues' Tricks (1907)	45
Director	How Bridget's Lover Escaped (1907)	45
Director	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1907)	45
Director	The Prophetess of Thebes (1907)	46
Director	In the Bogie Man's Cave (1908)	46
Director	L'agent gelé (1908)	146
Director	Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)	46
Director	French Cops Learning English (1908)	46
Director	Justinian's Human Torches (1908)	46
Director	The Knight of Black Art (1908)	46
Director	The Indian Sorcerer (1908)	46
The Fakir	The Indian Sorcerer (1908)	46
Director	The King and the Jester (1908)	46
Director	The Good Luck of a 'Souse' (1908)	46
Director	In the Barber Shop (1908)	46
Director	The Mischance of a Photographer (1908)	46
Director	The Broken Violin (1908)	46
Director	Buncoed Stage Johnnie (1908)	46
Director	Not Guilty (1908)	46
Director	The Miser (1908)	46
Director	The New Lord of the Village (1908)	46
Director	The Woes of Roller Skaters (1908)	46
Director	Why That Actor Was Late (1908)	46
Director	Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream (1908)	46
Director	His First Job (1908)	46
Director	The Genii of Fire (1908)	46
Director	Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race (1908)	46
Director	A Tricky Painter’s Fate (1908)	46
Director	The Diabolical Church Window (1910)	48
	The Diabolical Church Window (1910)	48
Director	The Knight of the Snow (1912)	50
Devil	The Knight of the Snow (1912)	50
Director	The Voyage of M. Bourrichon (1913)	51
Divers	Méliès' Magic Show (1997)	135

Awards (2)

Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour , awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2014 ,

Education

He graduated from Lycée Louis-le-Grand

What was Georges's zodiac sign?

Georges Méliès zodiac sign was sagittarius.

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