The long-lost autobiography of Georges Méliès, father of sci-fi and fantasy cinema
(Book)

Includes filmography (pages 163-182) and bibliographic references (pages 205-206)

"In 1896, Georges Méliès was the man who first brought magic to cinema. Writer, director, actor, magician, he was the first great storyteller of the moving image and the pioneer of special effects. In 1937, a year before he died, he hand-wrote his autobiography in a 32-page document. He told the decades-long story of his central role in the creation of cinema and the subsequent fall which left him bankrupt and forgotten. This is a first-hand account of the birth of cinema from its greatest innovator, an illuminating and eccentric testimony which has been out-of-print for many decades and never before available in English. Filmmaker and writer Jon Spira discovered this long-lost document buried in the appendices of a limited edition publication from 1945 and launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to finally allow film lovers around the world to enjoy it. This book is the result of that campaign. It features: A specially commissioned English translation of Méliès's full original text ; Comprehensive annotation ; Beautiful illustrations ; An exploration of the development of the moving image pre-Méliès ; A guide to Méliès's filmography of over 500 films ; Cinematic Views: A brand new translation of a 1907 article written by Méliès ; The Other Méliès : A little-known story of Georges's brother Gaston ; Interviews with BFI silent film curator Bryony Dixon, Méliès restoration pioneer Serge Bromberg and filmmaker Michel Gondry." --,Back cover.

Translations from the French.