Georges Hatot

Georges Hatot
Born(1876-12-22)December 22, 1876
Paris, France
DiedAugust 11, 1959(1959-08-11) (aged 82)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer
Years active18961922
Spouse1

Georges Alphonse Hatot (22 December 1876 – 8 August 1959) 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.