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Segundo de Chomón

Segundo de Chomón
Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)

Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context.

17 October 1871

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