George Mellies was a French illusionist and one of the most well known film directors with him being one of the most successful of his time. During his years he was very technical and made many fantastic films in the early days of cinema such as A trip to the moon and the vanishing lady. Many of his films were destroyed by the French army due to the plastic tape which held his movies on was seized by the army and melted down for help with the war effort meaning many of his movies we never to make it to public viewing.
Windsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator famous for his work during the 19th and 20th century. One of many factors in his rise to fame began with the discovery of the mutoscope which was a device that relied on the persistence of vision giving off the effect that there was people moving in the films whereas in fact it was actually a series of still images flicking on a wheel .
Lotte Reiniger was a German film director who was active between the years of 1918 to 1979. Lotte had made over 40 films across her career all using her own invention of crafting out snippets of card and wire and animated them by hand. When the name Lotte reiniger is spoken she Is mostly remembered for her whirlwind fantasy film known as the adventures of Prince Achmed which was produced in 1926.
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