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.

Nick Carter, le roi des détectives - Épisode 6: Les bandits en habits noirs

Nick Carter, le roi des détectives - Épisode 5: Les empreintes

The Coiners; or, Catching the Counterfeiters

Nick Carter, le roi des détectives - Épisode 2: L'affaire des bijoux

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Georges Hatot

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