Gaston Velle
French film director · France · On the map · Directors · Lived 1868 to 1953 · aged 84
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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Le cauchemar de PierrotFilm, Director1910
CagliostroFilm, DirectorLe Charme des fleursFilm, 1910Director1908The Fairies and the FaunFilm, Director1907
A Little Jules VerneFilm, Director1906A Tragic WeddingFilm, DirectorThe Invisible MenFilm, 1906Director1905Different Hair DressesFilm, DirectorThe Phantom's GuardFilm, 1905Director1904"Kickapoo" DanceFilm, Director
Ruffian's DanceFilm, 1904Director1903
Metamorphosis of the King of SpadesFilm, Director1902
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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.
