Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 04, 1864
Died
May 17, 1959
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Credits
58 titles
George Albert Smith
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
Director
Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
Director
Choice Bouquets
Director
Fording the River
Director
Choosing the Wallpaper
Director
A Visit to the Seaside
Director
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
Director
Tartans of Scottish Clans
Director
Two Clowns
Director
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
Director
Venice and the Grand Canal
Director
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
Director
The Sick Kitten
Director
Dorothy's Dream
Director
Mary Jane's Mishap
Director
Old London Street Scenes
Director
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Director
The Coronation of Edward VII
Camera Operator
At Last! That Awful Tooth
Director
Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
Director
Policeman and Burglar
Director
The Death of Poor Joe
Director
Photograph Taken From An Area Window
Director
The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
Director
Visit to Pompeii
Director
Grandma's Reading Glass
Producer
The Old Maid's Valentine
Director
The House That Jack Built
Director
As Seen Through a Telescope
Producer
Spiders on a Web
Director
Let Me Dream Again
Director
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
Director
Grandma Threading Her Needle
Director
The Rival Clothiers
Director
Two Old Sports
Director
The Dull Razor
Director
Scandal Over the Teacups
Director
The Kiss in the Tunnel
Husband
The Inexhaustible Cab
Director
Ally Sloper
Director
Santa Claus
Director
Cinderella
Director
The Corsican Brothers
Director
Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
Director
Faust and Mephistopheles
Director
Photographing a Ghost
Director
Making Sausages
Director
The Sign Writer
Director
The X-Ray Fiend
Production Design
Comic Shaving
Director