As Director
The Music Lesson
1909
4.3
Segundo de Chomón
Acting
Birth Date
October 16, 1871
Place of Birth
Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Date of Death
May 2, 1929
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, and startling turns of surreal imagination. De Chomón carried on as a filmmaker, specializing in trick effects, working for Pathé, Itala and others.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Sweet Dreams Intermingled With Nightmares
1908
5.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
The Electric Hotel
1908
6.1
As Director
Paper Cock-a-Doodles
1908
5.7
As Director
The Chinese Shadows
1908
5.0
As Director
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
1908
4.8
As Director
Magic Dice
1908
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Legend of a Ghost
1908
4.8
As Director
Modern Sculptors
1908
6.4
As Director
The Frog
1908
5.2
As Director
Music, Forward!
1907
5.1
As Director
The Enchanted Pond
1907
4.6
As Director
The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1907
4.0
As Director
The Express Sculptor
1907
5.4
As Director
Easter Eggs
1907
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Chrysanthemums
1907
4.8
As Director
Weird Fantasies
1907
5.0
As Director, As Writer
The Red Spectre
1907
6.1
As Director
The Troubadour
1906
4.2
As Director
The Marriage of Princess Ena and Alphonse XIII, King of Spain
1906
3.0