is remembered best for his serial films. Louis Feuillade was the father-in-law of the French film director Maurice Champreux and the grandfather of the French actor, screenwriter, and film director Jacques Champreux. Serial films The Fantômas serial in 1913 was his first masterpiece, the result of a long apprenticeship—during which the series with realistic ambitions, Life as it is, played a major role. It is also the first masterpiece in what the modern critic, from both a literary and a cinematographic point of view, would later call "the fantastic realism" or the "social fantastic". He is credited with developing many of the thriller techniques used by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, and others. Partial filmography 1906 The Magnitized Man, Le Coup de vent, Le Thé chez la concierge 1907 Tea at the Porter's House (Le Thé chez la concierge) (the oldest of his films that survives) 1908 The Legend of the Spinner (La Légende de la fileuse) (film with tricks, Méliès style) 1910-13 "Baby" serial: Baby Apache (Bébé Apache) - 1911 (Series of comedies performed by a 4-year-old child, the little Clément Mary, later René Dary - around 90 short films). 1911 Heliogabale (ancient drama) 1911-12 Serial Life as it is: The Defect (La vie telle qu'elle est: la Tare) - 1911 (dramas and realistic comedies - 14 films) 1913-14 Series of Fantômas (Mystery drama - 5 films) 1913-14 Series of Bout de Zan: Bout de Zan steals an elephant (Bout de Zan vole un éléphant) - 1913 (This serial, performed by the little René Poyen, replaces the Bébé serial - 62 short films) 1913-14 Series The funny Life: The Jocond (La vie drôle: le Jocond) (vaudevilles - 5 films) 1915 The Vampires (Les Vampires) (10 episodes) 1915 Bout de Zan et l'embusqué (Bout de Zan and the shirker) 1916 Judex (12 episodes) 1918 Vendemiaire (Rural drama during the First-World-War - in 2 parts) 1918 Tih Minh (12 episodes) 1919 Barrabas (12 episodes) 1921-22 Good Mood: Seraphin or the Naked Legs (Belle Humeur: Seraphin ou les jambes nues) - 1921 (vaudevilles - 5 films) 1922 Parisette (12 episodes) 1923 Vindicta (5 stages) See also Irma Vep Marthe Vinot Maurice Vinot Georges Denola Julien Duvivier References External links Louis Feuillade – Detailing the impossible - An article by Vicki Callahan in Sight and Sound magazine. 1873 births 1925 deaths Cinema pioneers French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Horror film directors