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Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

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Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions.

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Filmography 40

The Bewitched House1907 · ★ 6.6
The Electric Hotel1908 · ★ 6.2
The Red Spectre1907 · ★ 6.1
Kiri-Kis1907
The Golden Beetle1907
Excursion to the Moon1908
Metamorphoses1912
A Trip to Jupiter1909
Le Voleur invisible1909
The War and the Dream of Momi1917
Barcelona Park at Twilight1904
The Frog1908
Loïe Fuller1905
A Panicky Picnic1909
Modern Sculptors1908
Legend of a Ghost1908
Music, Forward!1907
Andalusian Superstition1912
Magic Roses1906
The Gallants of the Park1904
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1907
Slippery Jim1909
Scullion's Dream1908
The Gold Spider1909
Easter Eggs1907
The Enchanted Pond1907
The Chinese Shadows1908
The Bewitched Shepherd1906
The Tulips1907
Diabolical Pickpocket1908
The Yawner1907
Reception of His Majesty Alfonso XIII in Barcelona1904
The Express Sculptor1907
Fantaisies endiablées1907
Old Toledo1912
Japanese Butterflies1908
A Fallen Spirit1910
Barcelona, Main City of Catalonia1912
The Charmer1906
The Cigar Box1907

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Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context.

Country
Spain
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1871 to 1929 · aged 57
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