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Alice Guy-Blaché. Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché ( née Guy; French pronunciation: [alis gi blɑʃe] ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. [2] She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, [3] as well as the first woman to direct a film.
Sep 6, 2019 · In 1911, The Moving Picture News wrote that Alice Guy Blaché, the first female filmmaker in history, was a “fine example of what a woman can do if given a square chance in life.”
5 days ago · Alice Guy-Blaché (born July 1, 1873, Paris, France—died March 24, 1968, Mahwah, N.J., U.S.) was a pioneer of the French and American film industries. The first woman director, she is also generally acknowledged to be the first director to film a narrative story.
by Alison McMahan. From 1896 to 1906 Alice Guy was probably the only woman film director in the world. She had begun as a secretary for Léon Gaumont and made her first film in 1896.
Jan 26, 2022 · Alice Guy-Blaché is a name you likely have never heard. She was a pioneer of the French and American film industries during the silent era and the first woman to have a career as a director, yet her work and career have largely been overlooked throughout history.
Oct 19, 2018 · Alice Guy-Blaché. A new documentary narrated by Jodie Foster celebrates the work of Alice Guy-Blaché. Foster tells Tom Brook why we should know about this incredible film-maker. You may not...
Apr 9, 2024 · Sarah Cook dives into the story of Alice Guy-Blaché, one of the first woman directors of cinema. Previously when chatting about old movies on this site, we’ve spoken about Pre-Code Hollywood era director Dorothy Arzner and everything that she contributed to cinema, including the invention of the boom mic.
The world's first female filmmaker, French-born Alice Guy entered the film business in 1896 as a secretary at Gaumont, a manufacturer of movie cameras and projectors who had purchased a "cinématographe" from its inventors, the Lumiere brothers.
Apr 26, 2019 · Credited regularly as the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy Blaché had virtually vanished from film history. A new documentary may help change that.
Apr 25, 2019 · Yet the very next year, a Frenchwoman named Alice Guy-Blaché directed "The Cabbage Fairy," a strange and whimsical narrative film in which a dancing fairy pulls newborns out of giant...
