Alice Guy-Blaché
Directing
Biography
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 d…
Photos
The Cabbage-Patch Fairy
1896
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
Self (archive footage)
Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker
2021
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
1907
Herself, the director
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché
1995
Self (archive footage)
Cinépanorama
1956
Self
Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière
1895
Herself