Which novel inspired Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film Hugo?

Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film Hugo was inspired by Brian Selznick’s novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Published in 2007, Selznick’s book is an illustrated novel about Hugo Cabret, an orphan living secretly in a Paris railway station. The story combines prose, cinematic drawings, mechanical mystery, and the history of early filmmaking.

Scorsese adapted the material into a 3D family adventure starring Asa Butterfield as Hugo. Ben Kingsley plays Georges Méliès, the pioneering French filmmaker whose work becomes central to the story. The film also features Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Christopher Lee.

Hugo presents Méliès as an important figure in cinema history, especially for films such as A Trip to the Moon. At the 84th Academy Awards, Hugo received eleven nominations and won five technical Oscars, including cinematography, art direction, visual effects, sound editing, and sound mixing.