Year

Milestone

At age three name changed to Gance

1906

Failed entrance exam to Paris Conservatoire

1908

Stage acting debut at Theatre du Gymnase, Brussels

1908

Hired by Theatre du Parc

1909

Screenwriting debut (short) with "Le Portrait de Mireille"

1910

Paris stage acting debut

1910

Screen acting debut in "Moliere"

1910

Diagnosed with turberculosis

1911

Co-founded production company Le Film Francais

1911

First short film as director "La Digue ou Pour sauver la Hollande

1916

First feature film as director "Les Gaz mortels/The Deadly Gas"

1917

Drafted, assigned to Cinematographic Corps

1926

Patented Polyvision (precursor of Cinerama)

1930

Patented Perspective Sonore (precursor of stereophonic sound)

Patented Pictograpghe (to use postcards as backgrounds)

Formed own production company Films Abel Gance

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