Born in Paris in 1861, the third child of a successful boot manufacturer, Georges Méliès showed interest in the visual arts of drawing, caricature, painting, and sculpture from childhood. As a young man, he briefly entered the family trade...

Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 – January 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...

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In the following excerpt, Williams asserts that Méliès 's treatment of the human physical form in his films is an attempt to grant it magical and mysterious qualities—in contrast to Eadweard Muybridge who depicted the human form as sculpture.

In the following excerpt, Brakhage explores possible biographical sources of inspiration for Méliès work.

In the following excerpt, Kovacs examines the influence of theater in the films of Méliès.