Georges Alphonse Hatot (22 December 1876 – 8 August 1959) was a theater manager and pioneering[1][2] 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[3][4][5][6] as well as having made the first films to feature the Roman emperor Nero.

[7][8][9][10] 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.

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

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