George Albert Smith
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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Films (59)
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
2023 · Director
Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
1912 · Director
Choice Bouquets
1910 · Director
Fording the River
1910 · Director
Choosing the Wallpaper
1909 · Director
A Visit to the Seaside
1908 · Producer, Director
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
1908 · Director
Tartans of Scottish Clans
1906 · Director
Two Clowns
1906 · Director
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
1904 · Director
Venice and the Grand Canal
1904 · Director
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
1904 · Director
The Sick Kitten
1903 · Director
Dorothy's Dream
1903 · Director
Mary Jane's Mishap
1903 · Director, Producer
Old London Street Scenes
1903 · Director
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
1902 · Director, Producer
The Coronation of Edward VII
1902 · Camera Operator
At Last! That Awful Tooth
1902 · Director
Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
1902 · Director
Policeman and Burglar
1902 · Director
Photograph Taken From An Area Window
1901 · Director
The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
1901 · Director
Whiskey Versus Bullets
1901 · Director
Visit to Pompeii
1901 · Director
The Death of Poor Joe
1900 · Director
Grandma's Reading Glass
1900 · Producer, Director
The Old Maid's Valentine
1900 · Director
The House That Jack Built
1900 · Director
As Seen Through a Telescope
1900 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Spiders on a Web
1900 · Director
Let Me Dream Again
1900 · Director
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
1900 · Director
Grandma Threading Her Needle
1900 · Director
The Rival Clothiers
1900 · Director
The Dull Razor
1900 · Director
Two Old Sports
1900 · Director
Scandal Over the Teacups
1900 · Director
The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899 · Husband, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Inexhaustible Cab
1899 · Director
Ally Sloper
1898 · Director
Santa Claus
1898 · Director
The Corsican Brothers
1898 · Director
Cinderella
1898 · Director
Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
1898 · Director
Faust and Mephistopheles
1898 · Director
Photographing a Ghost
1898 · Director
Making Sausages
1897 · Director
The Sign Writer
1897 · Director
The X-Ray Fiend
1897 · Producer, Director, Production Design, Writer
Comic Shaving
1897 · Director
Train Entering Hove Station
1897 · Director, Producer
Comic Face
1897 · Director
Weary Willie
1897 · Director
The Maid in the Garden
1897 · Director
Hanging Out the Clothes
1897 · Producer, Director
The Miller and the Sweep
1897 · Director
Brighton Seagoing Electric Car
1897 · Director
Down Exeter Incline
· Director
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