 He worked under Auguste and Louis Lumière, before serving as the head of production for the Italian film studio Cines.But he is best remembered for his work at Pathé, where he was hired to produce trick films that might rival those of his contemporary, Georges Méliès, including classic shorts like Burglars at Work (1904).Some films pioneered lasting techniques, such as his "Les Invisibles" (1906) – the first known invisible man film.