About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1864-01-04
Place of birth:
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Website:
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George Albert Smith

Overview

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

Acting
1899 The Kiss in the Tunnel Actor Husband 58
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Directing
1912 Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus Directing Director 59
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1910 Choice Bouquets Directing Director N/A
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1910 Fording the River Directing Director N/A
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1909 Choosing the Wallpaper Directing Director N/A
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1908 A Visit to the Seaside Directing Director 58
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1908 Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs Directing Director 58
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1906 Tartans of Scottish Clans Directing Director 58
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1906 Two Clowns Directing Director 59
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1904 Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace Directing Director 59
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1904 Venice and the Grand Canal Directing Director N/A
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1903 The Sick Kitten Directing Director 58
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1903 Dorothy's Dream Directing Director N/A
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1903 Mary Jane's Mishap Directing Director 59
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1903 Old London Street Scenes Directing Director 59
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1902 Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School Directing Director N/A
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1902 Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria Directing Director N/A
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1902 Policeman and Burglar Directing Director 59
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1902 At Last! That Awful Tooth Directing Director N/A
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1901 A Photograph Taken From Our Area Window Directing Director 59
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1901 The Death of Poor Joe Directing Director 58
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1901 The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten Directing Director N/A
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1901 Visit to Pompeii Directing Director 59
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1900 Grandma's Reading Glass Directing Director 59
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1900 The Old Maid's Valentine Directing Director 58
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1900 The House That Jack Built Directing Director 58
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1900 As Seen Through a Telescope Directing Director 58
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1900 Spiders on a Web Directing Director 58
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1900 A Quick Shave and Brush Up Directing Director 59
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1900 Let Me Dream Again Directing Director 58
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1900 Grandma Threading Her Needle Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Rival Clothiers Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Dull Razor Directing Director 58
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1900 Two Old Sports Directing Director 59
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1900 Scandal Over the Teacups Directing Director 58
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1899 The Kiss in the Tunnel Directing Director 58
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1899 The Inexhaustible Cab Directing Director 58
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1898 Ally Sloper Directing Director N/A
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1898 Santa Claus Directing Director 59
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1898 The Corsican Brothers Directing Director 58
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1898 Cinderella Directing Director 59
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1898 Early Fashions on Brighton Pier Directing Director 58
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1898 Photographing a Ghost Directing Director 58
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1898 Faust and Mephistopheles Directing Director 58
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1897 The Haunted Castle Directing Director 58
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1897 Making Sausages Directing Director 59
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1897 The Sign Writer Directing Director 59
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1897 The X-Ray Fiend Directing Director 58
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1897 Comic Shaving Directing Director 59
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1897 Comic Face Directing Director 58
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1897 Weary Willie Directing Director 59
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1897 The Maid in the Garden Directing Director N/A
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1897 Hanging Out the Clothes Directing Director 59
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1897 The Miller and the Sweep Directing Director 58
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1897 Brighton Seagoing Electric Car Directing Director 58
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Writing
1897 The X-Ray Fiend Writing Writer 58
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Production
1908 A Visit to the Seaside Production Producer 58
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1902 Hey, Diddle Diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle Production Producer N/A
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1900 Grandma's Reading Glass Production Producer 59
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1900 As Seen Through a Telescope Production Producer 58
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1899 The Kiss in the Tunnel Production Producer 58
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1897 The Haunted Castle Production Producer 58
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1897 The X-Ray Fiend Production Producer 58
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1897 Hanging Out the Clothes Production Producer 59
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Art
1897 The X-Ray Fiend Art Production Design 58
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Camera
1902 The Coronation of Edward VII Camera Camera Operator 58
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1900 As Seen Through a Telescope Camera Director of Photography 58
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1899 The Kiss in the Tunnel Camera Director of Photography 58
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