Segundo de Chomón
Directing · Born 1871-10-16 · age 57 at death · Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Segundo de Chomón became involved in film through his coloring workshop in Barcelona, Spain. From October 1902 to March 1903, he collaborated with Pathé, adding color to some of their films in Barcelona. He began shooting films for Macaya & Marro in 1905; then, in the summer of 1906, he moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist for Pathé. The body of work he created over five years was outstanding. De Chomón created fantastical narratives embellished with ingenious effects, gorgeous color, innovative hand-drawn, and puppet animation; tricks of the eye that surprise and delight, and startling turns of surreal imagination. De Chomón carried on as a filmmaker, specializing in trick effects, working for Pathé, Itala and others.
Titles
Napoleon
Cabiria
The Bewitched House
The Electric Hotel
The Red Spectre
Kiri-Kis
The Golden Beetle
Excursion to the Moon
Maciste in Hell
A Trip to Jupiter
Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp
Le Voleur invisible
Miniature Theatre
A Panicky Picnic
The War and the Dream of Momi
Loïe Fuller
The Fire
The Royal Tigress
The Frog
Barcelona Park at Twilight
Legend of a Ghost
Slippery Jim
The Talisman
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Magic Roses
Music, Forward!
The Gold Spider
Scullion's Dream
Metamorphoses
Easter Eggs
The Enchanted Pond
Sleeping Beauty
The Pearl Fisherman
The Warrior
The Fairy of Spring
The Chinese Shadows
Modern Sculptors
Andalusian Superstition
The Bewitched Shepherd
The Tulips
The Express Sculptor
A Fallen Spirit
The Gallants of the Park
Diabolical Pickpocket
The Yawner
The Bee and the Rose
Japanese Butterflies
The Cigar Box
The Magic Table
Barcelona, Main City of Catalonia
The Fear of Zeppelins
Sweet Dreams Intermingled With Nightmares
Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Tom Thumb
The Charmer
The Fairy of the Black Rocks
Enchanted Glasses
Stronger than Sherlock Holmes
Magic Dice