The First WOMAN DIRECTOR in the Motion-Picture Industry. I put signs all around my studio that said BE NATURAL—that is all I wanted from my actors. – Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was an early French filmmaker. She was the first woman director in the motion-picture industry and is one of the first directors of fiction films. Alice Guy-Blaché is the first female film maker and is responsible for creating one of the first narrative films in 1896. Guy’s career of 24 years of directing, writing and producing films is the longest career of any of the cinema pioneers. From 1896 to 1920, Guy directed over 1,000 films, some 350 of which survive, and 22 of which are feature-length films. Guy was and still is the only woman to ever manage and own her own studio, The Solax Company. Despite these accomplishments, she is rarely, if ever, mentioned among her peers in the history of cinema, and most professionals in the industry are completely unaware of her work. Few of her films survive in an easily viewable format (primarily those involving Charlie Chaplin), although preservation and recovery efforts are ongoing by the PIC Agency.
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