Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché
Person

Alice Guy-Blaché

Director 1873-07-01 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) is generally considered to be the world's first female director. French-born Alice Guy entered the film business as a secretary at Gaumont-Paris in 1896. The next year Gaumont changed from manufacturing cameras to producing movies, and Guy became one of its first film directors. She impressed the company so much with the output (she averaged two two-reelers a week) and quality of her productions that by 1905 she was made the company's production director, supervising...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

1896 · Movie

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Spain

Spain

1905 · Self - Presenter

Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

1907 · Herself, the director

The Women Who Run Hollywood

The Women Who Run Hollywood

2016 · Self (archive footage)

The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché

The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché

1995 · Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière

Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière

1895 · Herself

Mireille

1906 · Movie

Qui est Alice Guy?

1976 · Self

A Solax Celebration

1912 · The Cause