Alice Guy-Blaché

    Alice Guy-Blaché

    Directing

    July 1, 1873
    Died March 24, 1968 (94 years old)
    Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

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    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...

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