Celebrity Open main menu

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès's biography

Georges Méliès is 77 years old actor born at Paris. He was born on Sunday 8th of December 1861. According to year of birth 1861 he belongs to . Birthday on 8th of December means he is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

He is native french speaker. He is citizen of France. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film director, animator, film editor, screenwriter, magician, filmmaker, film producer, cinematographer, film actor. He is recently known as drawer.

Georges Méliès's family

Georges Méliès's ex spouse

Jehanne d'Alcy

Georges Méliès and Jehanne D'alcy have been together since 1925 for 13 years. She is known as stage actor. His ex spouse was born on Monday 20th of March 1865 in Vaujours. His ex spouse died on Sunday 14th of October 1956 in Versailles. Jehanne D'alcy was 95 years old, when this happened.

Georges Méliès's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Michelet, Vanves.

Georges Méliès's career

His main focus is to be actor.

How did Georges Méliès die

He died on on Friday 21st of January 1938 when he was 77 years old at Paris. Georges Mélièss death was caused by cancer. It happend like natural causes.

What Georges Méliès has done for a first time

  • He built the first movie studio in Europe.
  • He was the first to use production sketches and storyboards.
  • On December 28, 1895, he was a member of the first audience in the world to see the Lumiere brothers' Cinematographe.
  • His first films, like those of the Lumieres, were simple life scenes which he added to the program at his theatre, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. He later filmed scenes of himself doing magic tricks.
  • Méliès worked with two engineers at his theatre workshop to build a camera of his own. The first prototype weighed over 75 pounds.
  • Was cinema's first real fantasist. Considered the absolute greatest fictional fantatsist of his time.
  • Showed the first versions of movie trailers by projecting images above the entrance of the Théâtre Robert Houdin, Paris in 1898. This gave passers-by an idea of what was inside and on the actual screen.
  • On May 3, 2018, Google honoured Méliès with its first ever virtual reality doodle.

Georges Méliès's body shape

Lets describe how Georges Méliès looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.