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Alice Guy-Blaché

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

01/07/1873

Day of Death

24/03/1968
(95) years old

Place of Birth

Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Alice Guy-Blaché

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 ... Read More

Known For

Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

The Women Who Run Hollywood

The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière

Filmography

Cast

2021

Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2018

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Gu...

as Self (archive footage)

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1995

The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of ...

as Self (archive footage)

1912

A Solax Celebration

as The Cause

1907

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the St...

as Herself, the director

1906

Mireille

1905

Spain

as Self - Presenter

1896

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

1895

Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumièr...

as Herself

Crew

2007

Butterfly Dances

as Director

1918

The Great Adventure

as Director

1917

House of Cards

as Director

1917

House of Cards

as Writer

1917

The Empress

as Director

1917

The Empress

as Writer

1917

The Adventurer

as Director

1913

Matrimony's Speed Limit

as Producer

1913

A House Divided

as Producer

1913

A Severe Test

as Director

1913

Dick Whittington and His Cat

as Writer

1913

Dick Whittington and His Cat

as Director

1913

Officer Henderson

as Director

1913

The Thief

as Director

1913

The Coming of Sunbeam

as Director

1913

The Roads That Lead Home

as Producer

1913

The Roads That Lead Home

as Director

1913

Beasts of the Jungle

as Writer

1913

Cousins of Sherlocko

as Director

1912

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

as Producer

1912

A Comedy of Errors

as Director

1912

The New Love And The Old

as Producer

1912

The New Love And The Old

as Director

1912

Making an American Citizen

as Writer

1912

The High Cost of Living

as Director

1912

Canned Harmony

as Producer

1912

His Double

as Director

1912

The Strike

as Director

1912

For Love of the Flag

as Director

1912

Fra Diavolo

as Director

1912

Fra Diavolo

as Writer

1912

The Sewer

as Producer

1912

God Disposes

as Director

1912

The Detective's Dog

as Director

1912

A Terrible Lesson

as Director

1912

Frozen on Love's Trail

as Director

1912

A Man's a Man

as Director

1912

Parson Sue

as Director

1911

His Mother's Hymn

as Director

1911

Starting Something

as Director

1911

Greater Love Hath No Man

as Writer

1911

Mixed Pets

as Director

1906

A Story Well Spun

as Director

1906

Course de taureaux

as Director

1906

Mireille

as Director

1906

A Priest's Conscience

as Writer

1905

The Sock

as Director

1905

Esmeralda

as Director

1905

Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque

as Director

1905

In a Bamboo Hut

as Director

1904

The Crime on Temple Street

as Director

1904

The First Cigarette

as Director

1902

La Gigue

as Director

1902

Danse fantaisiste

as Director

1902

Serpentine Dance

as Director

1900

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

as Writer

1900

Gavotte directoire

as Director

1899

La Sortie du Bain

as Director

2025

Key of Gibraltar

as Assistant Director of Photography

2025

Fantastic Flowers

as Director

2025

Imitation of Waves - Guy's Visions

as Cinematography

2005

Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913

as Director

1917

Behind the Mask

as Director

1917

When You and I Were Young

as Director

1916

The Ocean Waif

as Director

1916

The Scarlet Woman

as Director

1916

The Scarlet Woman

as Producer

1916

What Will People Say?

as Director

1915

My Madonna

as Director

1915

My Madonna

as Writer

1915

The Song of the Wage Slave

as Director

1915

The Vampire

as Director

1915

The Vampire

as Producer

1915

Heart of a Painted Woman

as Director

1914

The Tigress

as Director

1914

The Lure

as Writer

1914

The Lure

as Director

1914

The Woman of Mystery

as Director

1914

The Woman of Mystery

as Scenario Writer

1914

The Woman of Mystery

as Producer

1914

The Monster and the Girl

as Director

1914

The Dream Woman

as Director

1914

The Dream Woman

as Screenplay

1913

The Rogues of Paris

as Director

1913

The Rogues of Paris

as Producer

1913

The Pit and the Pendulum

as Director

1913

Matrimony's Speed Limit

as Director

1913

Kelly from the Emerald Isle

as Writer

1913

A House Divided

as Director

1913

Burstup Homes' Murder Case

as Director

1913

Napoleon

as Director

1913

Burstup Homes

as Director

1913

Beasts of the Jungle

as Producer

1912

The Woman Behind the Man

as Director

1912

Hearts Unknown

as Director

1912

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

as Director

1912

The Hater of Women

as Director

1912

The Face at the Window

as Director

1912

A Comedy of Errors

as Producer

1912

Making an American Citizen

as Producer

1912

Making an American Citizen

as Director

1912

Canned Harmony

as Director

1912

The Love of the Flag

as Director

1912

Treasures on the Wing

as Director

1912

The Fight in the Dark

as Director

1912

Dublin Dan

as Producer

1912

Playing Trumps

as Director

1912

Phantom Paradise

as Director

1912

The Equine Spy

as Producer

1912

Two Little Rangers

as Director

1912

Broken Oaths

as Director

1912

In the Year 2000

as Director

1912

Souls in the Shadow

as Director

1912

The Wooing of Alice

as Director

1912

The Reformation of Mary

as Director

1912

The Reformation of Mary

as Producer

1912

Child of the Tenements

as Director

1912

Falling Leaves

as Director

1912

Falling Leaves

as Writer

1912

Blighted Lives

as Director

1912

Algie, the Miner

as Producer

1912

Algie, the Miner

as Director

1912

Hubby Does the Washing

as Director

1912

Hubby Does the Washing

as Producer

1912

Mrs. Cranston's Jewels

as Director

1912

Mignon

as Director

1912

A Fool and His Money

as Producer

1912

A Fool and His Money

as Director

1912

Someone's Luck Society

as Director

1912

A Solax Celebration

as Director

1911

The Violin Maker of Nuremberg

as Director

1911

Outwitted by Horse and Lariat

as Director

1911

Greater Love Hath No Man

as Director

1911

Greater Love Hath No Man

as Executive Producer

1911

Cupid and the Comet

as Director

1911

Cupid and the Comet

as Producer

1911

Across the Mexican Line

as Director

1911

Tramp Strategy

as Director

1911

When Marian was Married

as Director

1910

Bonsoir

as Co-Director

1907

The Irresistible Piano

as Director

1907

The Glue

as Director

1907

The Rolling Bed

as Director

1907

The Cleaning Man

as Director

1907

The Fur Hat

as Director

1907

The Banknote

as Director

1907

The Race for the Sausage

as Director

1907

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the St...

as Director

1906

The Consequences of Feminism

as Director

1906

The Consequences of Feminism

as Writer

1906

The Truth Behind the Ape-Man

as Director

1906

The Dirigible 'Homeland'

as Director

1906

Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea"

as Director

1906

The Parish Priest's Christmas

as Director

1906

The Drunken Mattress

as Director

1906

The Stepmother

as Director

1906

The Hierarchies of Love

as Director

1906

A Sticky Woman

as Director

1906

A Sticky Woman

as Writer

1906

The Mouse in the Crinoline

as Director

1906

Madame's Cravings

as Director

1906

Madame's Cravings

as Writer

1906

The Game-Keeper's Son

as Director

1906

The Birth, the Life and the Death of Chr...

as Director

1906

The Birth, the Life and the Death of Chr...

as Writer

1906

An Obstacle Course

as Director

1906

L'Honneur du Corse

as Director

1906

A Priest's Conscience

as Director

1906

Ocean Studies

as Director

1906

Les Druides

as Director

1906

Bonsoir - La fée aux fleurs

as Director

1905

The Fairy of Spring

as Director

1905

The Magician's Alms

as Director

1902

Les malabares: Les acrobats

as Director

1905

Tango

as Director

1905

The Statue

as Director

1905

Spain

as Director

1905

The Bricklayers

as Director

1905

Clown, Dog and Balloon

as Director

1905

Saharet Performs the Bolero

as Director

1905

Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu

as Director

1905

Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Pol...

as Director

1905

Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster

as Director

1905

Le Cake-walk de nouveau cirque

as Director

1905

Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"

as Director

1905

Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee...

as Director

1905

Félix Mayol Performs "Indiscreet Questio...

as Director

1905

Faust

as Director

1905

The Malagueña and the Bullfighter

as Director

1904

Token of Love

as Director

1904

Electrocution

as Director

1903

Faust and Mephistopheles

as Director

1903

How Monsieur Takes His Bath

as Director

1902

An Untimely Intrusion

as Director

1902

Midwife to the Upper Class

as Director

1902

Midwife to the Upper Class

as Producer

1902

Eccentric Dance

as Director

1902

Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs

as Director

1901

Danse basque

as Director

1900

Little Tich and His Funny Feet

as Director

1900

Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)

as Director

1900

Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance

as Director

1900

At the Photographer's

as Director

1900

Pierrette's Escapades

as Director

1900

Turn-of-the-Century Surgery

as Director

1900

Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder

as Director

1900

The Landlady

as Director

1900

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

as Director

1900

Avenue de l'Opéra

as Director

1900

At the Floral Ball

as Director

1900

Danse du papillon

as Director

1900

Coucher d'une Parisienne

as Director

1900

Coucher d'une Parisienne

as Scenario Writer

1899

Wonderful Absinthe

as Director

1899

At the Club

as Director

1899

Entrée Et Sortie De La Mine

as Director

1898

L'utilité des rayons x

as Director

1898

La cène

as Director

1898

Disappearing Act

as Director

1898

The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man

as Director

1898

At the Hypnotist's

as Director

1898

Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak

as Director

1897

Danse Fleur de Lotus

as Director

1897

Ballet Libella

as Director

1897

L'arroseur arrosé

as Director

1897

The Burglars

as Director

1897

Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter

as Director

1897

Bathing in a Stream

as Director

1897

The Fisherman at the Stream

as Director

1896

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

as Director of Photography

1896

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

as Director

1896

Les démolisseurs

as Director

1896

Les congierges

as Director

1896

The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

as Writer