Méliès’ film, a minute-long work titled Gugusse and the Automaton, contains what might be the first on-screen depiction of a robot.

Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès' 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema’s earliest robot.

In history defining science-fiction news, the Library of Congress has uncovered what might be the first robot movie ever made.

A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

French filmmaker Georges Méliès' produced the silent short "Gugusse and the Automaton," in 1897. A Michigan man’s family heirlooms have led to the re-discovery of a more than 100-year-old film by an ...

Georges Méliès was a visionary director and illusionist who pioneered groundbreaking cinematic techniques that still influence film today. Méliès reverse-engineered a projection machine into a camera, ...

French filmmaker Georges Méliès may not be a household name for those not schooled in film history, but his work is familiar to most. An anthropomorphic moon with a rocket ship sticking out of its ...

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Google has released its first VR Doodle, honouring legendary French film director and illusionist Georges Méliès. The interactive, 360° Doodle, or more accurately, short film, can be viewed on mobile, ...