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Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès, George Albert Smith, usually credited as G.A. Smith, was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantastic themes, often using surprisingly sophisticated special effects. His background was ideal – an established portrait photographer, he also had a long-standing interest in show business, running a tourist attraction in his native Brighton featuring a fortune teller. His films were among the first to feature such innovations as superimposition (Smith patented a double-exposure system in 1897), close-ups and scene transitions involving wipes and focus pulls. He also patented Kinemacolor – the world's first commercial cinema color system--in 1906, which was extremely successful for a time, despite the special equipment required to project it
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1864-01-04
- event Death Date 1959-05-17
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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The X-Ray Fiend
1897-10-01
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The X-Ray Fiend
1897-10-01
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The X-Ray Fiend
1897-10-01
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The X-Ray Fiend
1897-10-01
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The Sign Writer
1897-11-30
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The Corsican Brothers
1898-08-01
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The Old Maid's Valentine
1900-09-30
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The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899-11-30
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The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899-11-30
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The Death of Poor Joe
1901-12-11
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Mary Jane's Mishap
1903-02-28
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Comic Face
1897-09-01
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Tartans of Scottish Clans
1906-05-23
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The Miller and the Sweep
1897-06-30
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Let Me Dream Again
1900-08-01
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Spiders on a Web
1900-08-08
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Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
1908-08-14
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The Haunted Castle
1897-12-15
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A Quick Shave and Brush Up
1900-08-01
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At Last! That Awful Tooth
1902-07-01
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Venice and the Grand Canal
1904-01-01
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As Seen Through a Telescope
1900-09-01
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As Seen Through a Telescope
1900-09-01
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Grandma's Reading Glass
1900-11-01
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The House That Jack Built
1900-09-10
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Santa Claus
1898-09-01
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As Seen Through a Telescope
1900-09-01
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Grandma's Reading Glass
1900-11-01
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The Sick Kitten
1903-12-31
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Fording the River
1910-03-09
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Making Sausages
1897-12-06
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Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
1912-01-01
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Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
1904-01-01
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Brighton Seagoing Electric Car
1897-01-01
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A Visit to the Seaside
1908-12-01
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A Visit to the Seaside
1908-12-01
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Cinderella
1898-08-01
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Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
1902-06-01
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Weary Willie
1897-09-01
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Faust and Mephistopheles
1898-01-01
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Old London Street Scenes
1903-01-01
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The Haunted Castle
1897-12-15
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Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
1902-11-01
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Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
1902-11-01
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Grandma Threading Her Needle
1900-06-07
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Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria
1902-06-01
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The Rival Clothiers
1900-02-01
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Choice Bouquets
1910-09-01
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Choosing the Wallpaper
1909-09-01
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Two Clowns
1906-01-01
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Visit to Pompeii
1901-01-01
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Hanging Out the Clothes
1897-07-07
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Hanging Out the Clothes
1897-07-07
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The Maid in the Garden
1897-08-01
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Scandal Over the Teacups
1900-01-02
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Two Old Sports
1900-01-04
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The Dull Razor
1900-01-04
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Photograph Taken From An Area Window
1901-08-01
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Policeman and Burglar
1902-01-04
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Photographing a Ghost
1898-01-01
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The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899-11-30
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Comic Shaving
1897-09-24
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Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
1898-04-24
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The Inexhaustible Cab
1899-10-25
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The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
1901-06-01
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Dorothy's Dream
1903-12-01
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The Coronation of Edward VII
1902-08-09
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Ally Sloper
1898-10-13