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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.
- French
- Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.
- 24 March 1968 (aged 94), Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.
Sep 6, 2019 · Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1911, The Moving Picture News wrote that Alice Guy Blaché, the first ...
A biography of Alice Guy Blaché, the only woman film director in the world from 1896 to 1906. Learn about her career, films, and legacy as a pioneer of silent and sound film production and distribution. Explore her bibliography, filmography, credit report, citation, and more.
Apr 23, 2024 · 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.
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Apr 9, 2024 · There has been a recent resurgence in recognition of Guy-Blaché work. A documentary in 2018, narrated by Jodie Foster, called Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché dived into the life of the director. Thanks to director Pamela B Green’s film, so many of Guy-Blaché’s films were restored and preserved and the Academy Museum of ...
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Alison McMahan is the author of the award-winning Alice Guy Blaché, Lost Visionary of the Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2002) and The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Hollywood (Bloomsbury, 2005). She has a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies and Women's Studies from Union Institute & University.
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. She was among the very first to use film to tell a narrative story, although for ...