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Alice Guy-Blaché
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French film director (1873–1968)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Alice Guy-Blaché is referenced by 170 other articles, and connects out to Gaumont, Cinémathèque Française and Solax Studios.
Vinony files it under 1873 births, 1968 deaths and French cinema pioneers.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Autobiographie d'une pionnière du cinéma, 1873-1968
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Key facts
- Born
- Alice Ida Antoinette Guy , ( 1873-07-01 ) 1 July 1873, Saint-Mandé , France
- Died
- 24 March 1968 (1968-03-24) (aged 94), Wayne, New Jersey , U.S.
- Resting place
- Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1894–1922
- Spouse
- Herbert Blaché ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1907 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1922 )
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Described at
Alice Guy | filmportal.de
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- Alice Guy.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alice Guy-Blaché
- date of birth
- 1873-07-02
- date of death
- 1968-00-00
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- Alice Guy-Blaché
- name in native language
- Alice Guy
- birth name
- Alice Ida Antoinette Guy
- start of work period
- 1894-00-00
- end of work period
- 1920-00-00
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- Dvorišće
- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Alice_Guy-Blaché
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Encyclopedic overview
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; French: [alis gi blɑʃe]; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. She experimented with Gaumont's Chronophone sync-sound system, and with color-tinting, interracial casting, and special effects.
She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York. In 1912, Solax invested $100,000 ($3.34 million in 2025) 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.
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