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Méliès

American  
[mey-lyes] / meɪˈljɛs /

noun

  1. Georges 1861–1938, French film director.


Méliès British  
/ meljɛs /

noun

  1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1861–1938, French pioneer film director

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Offerings include Lucas’ student films, as well as montage sequences by Vorkapich for movies like “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; silent films by Georges Méliès, Émile Cohl, W.K.L.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Like Méliès, Tamariz accomplishes this by turning off, so to speak, the camera.

From New York Times Jan. 2, 2023

The first person to adapt Cinderella for the big screen was the French magician turned film director Georges Méliès.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2021

It opens with a clip from an 1896 film by Georges Méliès, the primordial filmmaker of special effects and onscreen magic.

From The New Yorker Jun. 14, 2019

George Méliès, the illusionist-turned-film-maker, shot A Trip to the Moon almost 70 years before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on it.

From The Guardian Jun. 19, 2018

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