George Albert Smith
![George Albert Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/c3Xt76gr10FFAb72u2if45LOWee.jpg)
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 4, 1864
Day of Death: May 17, 1959 (95 years old)
Place of Birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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
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![The Old Maid's Valentine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/g6QGYIaxfH05Th1wrbaVAAsGiih.jpg)
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The Old Maid's Valentine
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Grandma's Reading Glass
![Let Me Dream Again](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/e2ArONZ3NsLdRbHllWeYYGyaMuP.jpg)
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Let Me Dream Again
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Spiders on a Web
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A Quick Shave and Brush Up
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As Seen Through a Telescope
![The House That Jack Built](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/faqm65aIiAUDANxW2PkrHl7nYik.jpg)
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The House That Jack Built
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Scandal Over the Teacups
![Two Old Sports](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/s42sh4IdbRerE9ZAxKjUVNSZzMh.jpg)
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Two Old Sports
![The Dull Razor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hRM117EMz5yhNEOnnXHu4bh1REc.jpg)
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The Dull Razor
![As Seen Through a Telescope](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uk080khhWpTJLvq759J2vlo5bXh.jpg)
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As Seen Through a Telescope
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As Seen Through a Telescope
![Grandma's Reading Glass](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fJzecZuqKkimqm5aDhG5ei4pafq.jpg)
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Grandma's Reading Glass
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Grandma Threading Her Needle
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The X-Ray Fiend
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The X-Ray Fiend
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The X-Ray Fiend
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The Sign Writer
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Comic Face
![The Miller and the Sweep](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7DJSvaUWUHdYeluM0O2E7fBL6wm.jpg)
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The Miller and the Sweep
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The Haunted Castle
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Making Sausages
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Weary Willie
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The Haunted Castle
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Hanging Out the Clothes
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Hanging Out the Clothes
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The Maid in the Garden
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Comic Shaving
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Brighton Seagoing Electric Car