Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Georges Méliès across 4 places, from 1861 to 1932.
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Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French filmmaker, actor, magician, and toymaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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8 December 1861exact date
Parisattested“Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was born 8 December 1861 in Paris, France, son of Jean-Louis Méliès and his Dutch wife Johannah-Catherine Schuering.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1885year
Parisattested“Méliès returned to Paris in 1885 with a new desire: to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1885year
École des Beaux-Artsattested“Méliès returned to Paris in 1885 with a new desire: to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
December 1929month
Salle Pleyelattested“As his prestige began to grow in the film world, he was given more recognition, and in December 1929, a gala retrospective of his work was held at the Salle Pleyel.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1932year
Orlyattested“But it is hard to work 14 hours a day without getting my Sundays or holidays, in an icebox in winter and a furnace in summer." In 1932, the Cinema Society arranged a place for Méliès, his granddaughter Madeleine, and Jeanne d'Alcy at La…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
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May 1896month
Théâtre Robert-Houdinmentioned“Méliès began shooting his first films in May 1896, and screening them at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin by that August.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
September 1896month
Parismentioned“In September 1896, Méliès began to build a film studio on his property in Montreuil, just outside Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
September 1896month
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denismentioned“In September 1896, Méliès began to build a film studio on his property in Montreuil, just outside Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1897year
Parismentioned“By 1897 technology had caught up and better cameras were put on sale in Paris, leading Méliès to discard his own camera and purchase several better cameras made by Gaumont, the Lumières, and Pathé.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
Moonmentioned“In May 1902, Méliès made the film A Trip to the Moon which was loosely based on Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, its 1870 sequel Around the Moon, and H.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1904year
Moonmentioned“His major production of 1904 was The Impossible Voyage, a film similar to A Trip to the Moon about an expedition around the world, into the oceans and even to the Sun.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1908year
Chicagomentioned“Gaston Méliès established his own studio in Chicago, the Méliès Manufacturing Company, which helped his brother fulfill the obligation to Edison, although Gaston produced no films in 1908.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1909year
Parismentioned“Early in 1909, Méliès presided over the "Congrès International des éditeurs de films" in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1910year
San Antonio, Texasmentioned“In 1910, Gaston established the Star Film Ranch, a studio in San Antonio, Texas, where he began to produce Westerns.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1912year
Tahitimentioned“Meanwhile, Gaston Méliès had taken his family and a film crew of over twenty people to Tahiti in the summer of 1912.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1913year
New York Citymentioned“For the rest of that year and well into 1913, he traveled throughout the South Pacific and Asia, and sent film footage back to his son in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1913year
New Yorkmentioned“For the rest of that year and well into 1913, he traveled throughout the South Pacific and Asia, and sent film footage back to his son in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
1926year
Gare Montparnassementioned“In 1926, spurred on by Coissac's book, the magazine Ciné-Journal located Méliès, now working at the Gare Montparnasse, and commissioned a memoir from him.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Méliès
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