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Alice Guy-Blaché
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French film director (1873–1968)
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2021
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché — Self (archive footage)2018
- The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
- The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché — Self (archive footage)1995
- Qui est Alice Guy? — Self1976
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
- A Solax Celebration — The Cause1912
- Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris — Herself, the director1907
- Mireille1906
- Spain — Self - Presenter1905
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Key facts
- Born
- Alice Ida Antoinette Guy , ( 1873-07-01 ) 1 July 1873, Saint-Mandé , France
- Died
- 24 March 1968 (1968-03-24) (aged 94), Wayne, New Jersey , U.S.
- Resting place
- Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1894–1922
- Spouse
- Herbert Blaché ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1907 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1922 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alice
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Mandé
- Place of death
- New Jersey
- Spouse
- Herbert Blaché
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Employer
- Gaumont
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Matrimony's Speed Limit
- Image
- Alice Guy.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alice Guy-Blaché
- date of birth
- 1873-07-02
- date of death
- 1968-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Alice Guy-Blaché
- name in native language
- Alice Guy
- birth name
- Alice Ida Antoinette Guy
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- start of work period
- 1894-00-00
- end of work period
- 1920-00-00
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- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Alice_Guy-Blaché
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Encyclopedic overview
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; French: [alis gi blɑʃe]; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. She experimented with Gaumont's Chronophone sync-sound system, and with color-tinting, interracial casting, and special effects.
She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York. In 1912, Solax invested $100,000 ($3.34 million in 2025) for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood. That year, she made the film A Fool and His Money, probably the first to have an all-African-American cast. The film is now preserved at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute for its historical and aesthetic significance.
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