Alice Guy-Blaché Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Alice Guy-Blaché

Alice Guy-Blaché

Directing

Biography

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 director, supervising the company's other directors. In 1907 she married Herbert Blaché, an Englishman who ran the company's British and German offices. The pair soon went to the U.S. to set up the company's operations there. In 1910 she set up her own production company in New York and built a studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After a period of critical and financial success, her company's fortunes declined and she eventually shut down the studio. Although she secured work directing films for several major Hollywood studios, she returned to France in 1922 after her divorce from Blache. She was never able to secure any directorial jobs there, and never made a film again. In 1964 she returned to the U.S. and lived in Mahwah, New Jersey - not far from where her original studios were - with her daughters, where she died in 1968.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker movie poster
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Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

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Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Cabbage-Patch Fairy movie poster
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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy
Spain movie poster
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Spain

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Spain
Self - Presenter
Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris movie poster
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Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

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Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
Herself, the director
Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière movie poster
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Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière

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Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière
Herself
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché movie poster
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché movie poster
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The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché

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The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood movie poster
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The Women Who Run Hollywood

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The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
MireilleMOVIE
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Mireille

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Mireille
A Solax CelebrationMOVIE
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A Solax Celebration

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A Solax Celebration
The Cause

Production

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy movie poster
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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy
Director of Photography
Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913 movie poster
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Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913

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Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913
Director
When Marian was Married movie poster
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When Marian was Married

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When Marian was Married
Director
Making an American Citizen movie poster
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Making an American Citizen

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Making an American Citizen
Producer
Saharet Performs the Bolero movie poster
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Saharet Performs the Bolero

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Saharet Performs the Bolero
Director
The Consequences of Feminism movie poster
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The Consequences of Feminism

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The Consequences of Feminism
Director
The Game-Keeper's Son movie poster
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The Game-Keeper's Son

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The Game-Keeper's Son
Director
Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu movie poster
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Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu

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Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu
Director
Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka" movie poster
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Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"

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Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
Director
The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ movie poster
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The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ

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The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ
Director

Gallery

Alice Guy-Blaché portrait
Alice Guy-Blaché portrait
Alice Guy-Blaché portrait