Gaston Velle (1868-1953) was a French silent film director and pioneer of special effects, who was prominent in early French and Italian cinema during the first two decades of the 20th century.
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Burglary at Night
Voyage autour d’une étoile
Tit-for-Tat
Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
Barnum's Trunk
Flower Fairy
Japanese Varieties
The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs
King of Dollars
The Pigeon Fairy
Drama in the Air
Electric Current
The Clock-Maker's Secret
The Infernal Cave
Transparent Cards
A Little Jules Verne
Ruffian's Dance
The Riderless Bicycle
Wonderful Beehive
Le Repas fantastique
Cagliostro, aventurier, chimiste et magicien
Metamorphosis of the King of Spades60 credits on file
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Gaston Velle (1868-1953) was a French silent film director and pioneer of special effects, who was prominent in early French and Italian cinema during the first two decades of the 20th century. Like his father, the Hungarian entertainer Joseph "Professor" Velle, Gaston began his career as a travelling magician, before putting his illusionist skills to work in cinema and ultimately creating more than fifty films between 1903 and 1911. He worked under Auguste and Louis Lumière, before serving as the head of production for the Italian film studio Cines. But he is best remembered for his work at Pathé, where he was hired to produce trick films that might rival those of his contemporary, Georges Méliès, including classic shorts like Burglars at Work (1904). Some films pioneered lasting techniques, such as his Les Invisibles (1906) - the first known invisible man film.
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