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Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, known as Georges Méliès ( ; ] ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938), was a French illusionist and film director who led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color. He was also one of the first filmmakers to use storyboards. His films include "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) and "The Impossible Voyage" (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy.
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Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director.
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Ivan Kliun Ivan Vasilyevich Klyun (Russian: Иван Васильевич Клюн ; born Ivan Vasilyevich Klyunkov; 1873–1943) was a Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Suprematist, Constructivist), graphic artist and sculptor.
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Whimsical Illusions Whimsical Illusions (French: Les Illusions fantaisistes ) is a 1909 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Rip's Dream Rip's Dream (French: La Légende de Rip Van Vinckle ["sic"] ) is a 1905 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Leo Margulies Leo Margulies (June 22, 1900 – December 26, 1975) was an American editor and publisher of science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines and paperback books.
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Sidney Janis Sidney Janis (July 8, 1896 – November 23, 1989) was a wealthy clothing manufacturer and art collector who opened an art gallery in New York in 1948. His gallery quickly gained prominence, for he not only exhibited the work of most of the emerging leaders of Abstract Expressionism, but also that of such important European artists as Pierre Bonnard, Paul Klee, Joan Miró, and Piet Mondrian. As the critic Clement Greenberg explained in a 1958 tribute to the dealer, Janis' exhibition practices had helped to establish the legitimacy of the Americans, for his policy "not only implied, it declared, that Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Phillip Guston, Mark Rothko, and Robert Motherwell were to be judged by the same standards as Matisse and Picasso, without condescension, without making allowances." Greenberg observed that in the late 1940s "the real issue was whether ambitious artists could live in this country by what they did ambitiously. Sidney Janis helped as much as anyone to see that it was decided affirmatively."
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The River Wanganui The River Wanganui is a 1913 documentary shot in New Zealand in 1912 on the 1912–13 South Pacific film-making voyage of French director Gaston Méliès. Like many of his films shot on that trip, it is now lost.
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Marguerite Beaugé Marguerite Beaugé (1892-1977) was a French film editor.
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The Dreyfus Affair (film series) The Dreyfus Affair (French: L'affaire Dreyfus ), also known as Dreyfus Court-Martial, is an 1899 series of short silent docudramas, conceived and directed by Georges Méliès. Released by Méliès's Star Film Company and numbered 206–217 in its catalogs, each of the eleven one-minute installments reconstructs an event from the historical Dreyfus affair, which was still in progress while the series was being made.
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Aleksandr Medvedkin Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин ; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989), was a Soviet Russian film director, best known for his 1934 film "Happiness". His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's film "The Last Bolshevik" (1992).
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Anton Melbye Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (13 February 1818, Copenhagen – 10 January 1875, Paris) was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.
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Alexander Knyazhinsky Alexander Leonidovich Knyazhinsky (Russian: Александр Леонидович Княжинский , January 24, 1936, Moscow, Soviet Union – June 14, 1996, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian cinematographer, noted for his work on Andrey Tarkovsky's "Stalker".
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A Fantastical Meal A Fantastical Meal (French: "Le Repas fantastique" ) is a 1900 French short silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 311 in its catalogues.
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Georges Corraface Georges Corraface (Greek: Γιώργος Χωραφάς , "Giórgos Chorafás"; born 7 December 1952) is a Greek-French actor. He has had an international career in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company. His film credits include "To Tama", "Escape from L.A.", "La Pasión Turca", "Vive La Mariée", "Impromptu", "", A touch of Spice (Politiki Kouzina) and a feature film debut in "The Mahabharata". His most famous television appearances include "La Bicyclette Bleue", "L'Éte Rouge" and "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles".
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A Desperate Crime A Desperate Crime (French: Les Incendiaires ), also known as Histoire d'un crime, was a 1906 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Daneliya (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია "Giorgi Danelia"; Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Дане́лия ; born 25 August 1930), also known as Giya Daneliya, is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter known throughout the Soviet Union for his "lyric (or sad) comedies" (as he styles them). He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989.
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Sergei Melgunov Sergei Petrovich Melgunov (Russian: Серге́й Петрович Мельгунов ) (December 24 or 25, 1879 – May 26, 1956) was a Russian historian, publicist and politician best known for his opposition to the Soviet government and his numerous works on the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War.
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Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (] ; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French politician, physician, and journalist who was Prime Minister of France during the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party, he played a central role in the politics of the French Third Republic.
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Georges Dufrénoy Georges Dufrénoy (June 20, 1870December 9, 1943) was a French post-Impressionist painter associated with Fauvism.
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René Colas René Colas (26 July 190116 October 1984) was a French cinematographer whose parents collaborated with Georges Méliès at the time of his birth.
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Georges Kars Georges Kars (Georges Karpeles or Georg Karpeles - Jiri Karpeles) (1882 in Kralupy – 1945 in Genève) was a Czech painter known for his landscapes and nude paintings.