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