Segundo de Chomón

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1871-10-16 (58 years old)

Deathday

1929-05-02

Place of Birth

Teruel, Aragón, Spain

Segundo de Chomón

Biography

Segundo de Chomón became involved in film through his wife, who was an actress in Pathé films. In 1902, he became a concessionary for Pathé in Barcelona, distributing its products in Spanish-speaking countries and managing a factory for the coloring of Pathé films. He began shooting footage of Spanish locations for the company; then, in 1905, he moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist. 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, an...

Acting

1979

Cinematógrafo 1900

as Self (archive footage)

2014

El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

as Self (archive footage)

1908

Production

1914

Cabiria

as Director of Photography

1906

Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp

as Director of Photography

1906

Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp

as Special Effects

1906

1907

Weird Fantasies

as Director

1909

A Panicky Picnic

as Director

1908

1907

The Red Spectre

as Director

1906

Magic Roses

as Director

1905

King of Dollars

as Director

1907

1907

Kiri-Kis

as Director

1907

Music, Forward!

as Director

1907

1912

Old Toledo

as Director

1912

1905

Loïe Fuller

as Director

1908

1905

A Funny Shave

as Director

1906

1907

The Tulips

as Director

1907

The Yawner

as Director

1907

Easter Eggs

as Director

1907

1909

The Gold Spider

as Director

1908

Scullion's Dream

as Director

1908

1908

1908

Modern Sculptors

as Director

1908

1912

Metamorphoses

as Director

1910

A Fallen Spirit

as Director

1909

1909

1909

1909

Tom Thumb

as Director

1909

Slippery Jim

as Director

1908

1907

The Cigar Box

as Director

1906

1906

The Charmer

as Director

1907

1908

The Frog

as Director

1909

The Music Lesson

as Director

1925

Maciste in Hell

as Director of Photography

1908

L'Album Magique

as Director

1908

1905

1905

1911

Burgos

as Director

1913

1913

The Dread of Doom

as Director of Photography

1907

1908

The Magic Table

as Director

1909

1913

1913

1913

Stronger than Sherlock Holmes

as Director of Photography

1907

Easter Eggs

as Camera Operator

1907

Easter Eggs

as Visual Effects

1907

The Talisman

as Visual Effects

1908

The Electric Hotel

as Screenplay

1906

1908

Unusual Cooking

as Director

1904

Burglary at Night

as Special Effects

1908

Magic Dice

as Director

1906

The Troubadour

as Director

2016

Kitsune

as Thanks

1906

A Hundred Tricks

as Director

1908

Secret Suitcase

as Director

1909

Tom Thumb

as Writer

1908

1915

The Immigrant

as Director of Photography

1909

Le Voleur invisible

as Director of Photography

1906

The Rajah's Casket

as Special Effects

1908

Magie moderne

as Director

1912

1923

Lulù

as Director

1912

1912

2022

1908

The Magic Mirror

as Director

1908

1904

The Gallants of the Park

as Cinematography

1907

The Talisman

as Director of Photography

1915

The Fear of Zeppelins

as Director of Photography

1927

Napoleon

as Special Effects

1907

The Clock-Maker's Secret

as Cinematography

1906

The Magic Flute

as Director

1908

Sleeping Beauty

as Director of Photography

1907

The Tulips

as Writer

1907

The Tulips

as Editor

1907

The Tulips

as Director of Photography

1916

The Fire

as Director of Photography

1904

Barcelona Park at Twilight

as Director of Photography

1905

Flower Fairy

as Director of Photography

1906

The Rajah's Casket

as Director of Photography

1906

A Detective's Tour Around The World

as Director of Photography

1906

The Pigeon Fairy

as Director of Photography

1907

Enchanted Glasses

as Director of Photography

1907

The Cigar Box

as Director of Photography

1907

The Pearl Fisherman

as Director of Photography

1908

Elastic Transformation

as Director of Photography

1916

The Royal Tigress

as Director of Photography

1908

Haunted Castle

as Director

1908

Haunted Castle

as Cinematography

1902

The Fairy of Spring

as Visual Effects

1916

The Warrior

as Visual Effects

1909

A Panicky Picnic

as Cinematography

1914

Cabiria

as Special Effects

1912

1905

1905

The Fantastic Diver

as Cinematography

1908

1906

1905

The Infernal Cave

as Director of Photography

1911

1911

1907

The Bewitched House

as Screenplay

1907

1907

Métempsycose

as Writer

1907

1907

Chrysanthemums

as Director

1905

The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa

as Director of Photography

1917

The War and the Dream of Momi

as Animation Director

1907

Wonderful Flames

as Director

1908

1907

Haunted Kitchen

as Director

1918

La Moglie di Claudio

as Director of Photography

1917

The War and the Dream of Momi

as Director of Photography

1913

Victory or Death!

as Director of Photography

1912

Andalusian Superstition

as Director of Photography

1912

Cagliostro's Folding Screen

as Director of Photography

1907

Haunted Kitchen

as Director of Photography

1908

1901

1905

Frightful Night

as Director

1906

Living Flowers

as Colorist

1908

The Vacuum Cleaner

as Visual Effects

2025

2025

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