Georges Méliès was a visionary director and illusionist who pioneered groundbreaking cinematic techniques that still influence film today. Méliès reverse-engineered a projection machine into a camera, ...

A screenshot from George Méliès's Gugusse et l'Automate. The pioneering French filmmaker's 1897 short, which likely features the first known depiction of a robot on film, was thought lost until it was ...

The first movie to feature what might be called a robot, not seen in more than a century, has been found. A copy of "Gugusse and the Automaton," an 1897 short made by legendary film pioneer George ...

One of the world’s oldest science fiction movies, Georges Melies’ A Trip to the Moon, is premiering at Cannes with a restored print, in color… with a soundtrack by French electro duo Air. Kelly Watch ...

French filmmaker Georges Méliès may not be a household name for those not schooled in film history, but his work is familiar to most. An anthropomorphic moon with a rocket ship sticking out of its ...

Engines Podcast Engines of Our Ingenuity 2920: The Moon’s Eye Episode: 2920 A Trip to the Moon, The First Science Fiction Film, The French Filmmaker Georges Méliès. Today, the first sci-fi film.

Science fiction cinema turns 107 today with George Méliès A Trip to the Moon, which debuted in France on September 2, 1902. Watch as silent astronauts construct a rocket ship, put out the moon’s eye, ...

Here's a Super Bowl alternative for Sunday — a live movie concert celebrating the magical work of pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès at the Balboa Theatre. Méliès may not be a household name, but ...

The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost silent film by Georges Méliès. The famed 19th century French filmmaker is best known for his groundbreaking 1902 science fiction adventure ...