Alice Guy-Blaché
French film director (1873–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world.[4] She experimented with Gaumont's Chronophone sync-sound system, and with color-tinting, interracial casting, and special effects.[5]
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Born | Alice Ida Antoinette Guy (1873-07-01)1 July 1873 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France |
Died | 24 March 1968(1968-03-24) (aged 94) Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
Resting place | Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Years active | 1894–1922 |
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Children | 2 |
She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York. In 1912, Solax invested $100,000 for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood. That year, she made the film A Fool and His Money, probably the first to have an all-African-American cast. The film is now preserved at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute for its historical and aesthetic significance.[6]