Georges Hatot

Georges Alphonse Hatot was a theater manager and pioneering French filmmaker during the late 1890s and early twentieth century. He directed the first known film based on the story of Joan of Arc in 1898 as well as having made the first films to feature the Roman emperor Nero.
Besides being a director he also wrote the 1908 serial Nick Carter, le roi des détectives which was a major success and spawned many detective series in the following years.

Biography

Georges Alphonse Hatot was born on December 22, 1876, in Paris.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1897	Assassinat de Kléber				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Assasinat du Duc de Guise				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Barbebleue				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Bataille d'enfants à coups d'oreillers				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Les Boxeurs et le spectateur trop curieux puni				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Le Charpentier maladroit				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Chez le cordonnier				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Chez le juge de paix				Produced by Société Lumière
1897	Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves				Produced by Société Lumière
1898	Exécution de Jeanne d'Arc				Produced by Société Lumière
1898	Le Cocher de fiacre endormi				Produced by Gaumont