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-'''Georges Méliès''' ([[December 8]], [[1861]] – [[January 21]], [[1938]]), full name '''Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès''', was a [[France|French]] [[film]]maker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest [[film|cinema]]. He was born in [[Paris]], where his family manufactured [[shoe]]s. +'''Georges Méliès''' ([[December 8]], [[1861]] – [[January 21]], [[1938]]), full name '''Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès''', was a [[France|French]] [[film]]maker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the [[early cinema|earliest cinema]]. He was born in [[Paris]], where his family manufactured [[shoe]]s.
He was very innovative in the use of [[special effects]]. He accidentally discovered the [[stop trick]] [[animation]], or substitution, in [[1896]], and was one of the first filmmakers to use [[double exposure|multiple exposures]], [[time-lapse]] photography, [[Dissolve (film)|dissolve]]s, and hand-painted colour in his films. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform [[reality]] with the [[cinematograph]], Méliès is sometimes referred to as the "Cinemagician." He was very innovative in the use of [[special effects]]. He accidentally discovered the [[stop trick]] [[animation]], or substitution, in [[1896]], and was one of the first filmmakers to use [[double exposure|multiple exposures]], [[time-lapse]] photography, [[Dissolve (film)|dissolve]]s, and hand-painted colour in his films. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform [[reality]] with the [[cinematograph]], Méliès is sometimes referred to as the "Cinemagician."
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Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was born in Paris, where his family manufactured shoes.

He was very innovative in the use of special effects. He accidentally discovered the stop trick animation, or substitution, in 1896, and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour in his films. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality with the cinematograph, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the "Cinemagician."



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