Louis Feuillade (1873-1925) was a French director and screenwriter, one of the most prolific and influential figures of silent cinema. He became artistic director of Gaumont in 1907, directing hundreds of films in various genres, but he is best known for his film serials (feuilleton). His crime serials – *Fantômas* (1913-1914), *Les Vampires* (1915-1916) featuring the iconic protagonist Irma Vep, and *Judex* (1916) – enjoyed immense popular success. Often shooting on the streets of Paris, Feuillade combined a quasi-documentary realism with elements of mystery, suspense, and the fantastic, becoming a precursor of the thriller and adventure film. His narrative and visual style profoundly influenced later directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang and was greatly admired by the Surrealists for its ability to reveal the marvelous and unsettling side of everyday reality.