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 of its first film directors. She impressed the 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.

Most Famous Work

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The Cabbage-Patch Fairy

(1896) Writer

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Falling Leaves

(1912) Director

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The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ

(1906) Writer

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Algie, the Miner

(1912) Producer

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Clown, Dog and Balloon

(1905) Director

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The Consequences of Feminism

(1906) Director

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Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs

(1902) Director

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Faust and Mephistopheles

(1903) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker 2021-11-20 Movie
2018	Self (archive footage)	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché 2018-12-07 Movie
2016	Herself (archive footage)	The Women Who Run Hollywood 2016-05-16 Movie
1995	Self (archive footage)	The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché 1995-01-01 Movie
1956	Self	Cinépanorama 1956-02-04 TV Show
1907	Herself, the director	Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris 1907-01-01 Movie
1906	N/A	Mireille 1906-01-03 Movie
1905	Self - Presenter	Spain 1905-01-01 Movie
1896	N/A	The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1896-03-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Director	Butterfly Dances 2007-06-01 Movie
2005	Director	Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913 2005-01-05 Movie
1918	Director	The Great Adventure 1918-03-10 Movie
1917	Director	House of Cards 1917-06-04 Movie
	Director	The Empress 1917-03-11 Movie
	Director	The Adventurer 1917-02-15 Movie
1916	Director	The Ocean Waif 1916-11-02 Movie
	Director	What Will People Say? 1916-01-03 Movie
1915	Director	My Madonna 1915-10-25 Movie
	Director	The Song of the Wage Slave 1915-10-04 Movie
	Director	The Vampire 1915-08-09 Movie
	Director	Heart of a Painted Woman 1915-04-19 Movie
1914	Director	The Tigress 1914-12-07 Movie
	Director	The Lure 1914-08-24 Movie
	Director	The Woman of Mystery 1914-05-10 Movie
	Director	The Monster and the Girl 1914-03-24 Movie
	Director	The Dream Woman 1914-03-01 Movie
	Director	Mr. Bruce Wins at Cards 1914-01-01 Movie
1913	Director	The Pit and the Pendulum 1913-07-09 Movie
	Director	Matrimony's Speed Limit 1913-06-11 Movie
	Director	A House Divided 1913-05-02 Movie
	Director	A Severe Test 1913-04-24 Movie
	Director	Dick Whittington and His Cat 1913-04-16 Movie
	Director	Burstup Homes' Murder Case 1913-03-26 Movie
	Director	Officer Henderson 1913-03-11 Movie
	Director	Napoleon 1913-03-05 Movie
	Director	The Thief 1913-02-14 Movie
	Director	The Coming of Sunbeam 1913-01-22 Movie
	Director	Cousins of Sherlocko 1913-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Roads That Lead Home 1913-01-01 Movie
1912	Director	The Girl in the Arm-Chair 1912-12-13 Movie
	Director	The Hater of Women 1912-12-11 Movie
	Director	A Comedy of Errors 1912-11-20 Movie
	Director	The New Love And The Old 1912-11-06 Movie
	Director	Making an American Citizen 1912-10-30 Movie
	Director	The High Cost of Living 1912-10-23 Movie
	Director	Canned Harmony 1912-10-09 Movie
	Director	The Detective's Dog 1912-10-03 Movie
	Director	Playing Trumps 1912-08-30 Movie
	Director	His Double 1912-08-28 Movie
	Director	The Strike 1912-08-16 Movie
	Director	Two Little Rangers 1912-08-06 Movie
	Director	Broken Oath 1912-07-24 Movie
	Director	For Love of the Flag 1912-07-15 Movie
	Director	Fra Diavolo 1912-07-01 Movie
	Director	In the Year 2000 1912-05-17 Movie
	Director	Falling Leaves 1912-03-15 Movie
	Director	Algie, the Miner 1912-02-28 Movie
	Director	God Disposes 1912-02-23 Movie
	Director	A Terrible Lesson 1912-02-16 Movie
	Director	Frozen on Love's Trail 1912-01-28 Movie
	Director	A Man's a Man 1912-01-19 Movie
	Director	Parson Sue 1912-01-17 Movie
	Director	A Fool and His Money 1912-01-01 Movie
1911	Director	His Mother's Hymn 1911-10-03 Movie
	Director	Greater Love Hath No Man 1911-06-29 Movie
	Director	Cupid and the Comet 1911-06-20 Movie
	Director	Across the Mexican Line 1911-04-27 Movie
	Director	Tramp Strategy 1911-04-11 Movie
	Director	Mixed Pets 1911-02-17 Movie
	Director	Starting Something 1911-01-01 Movie
	Director	When Marian was Married 1911-01-01 Movie
1910	Director	The Standing Cock 1910-01-01 Movie
1909	Director	What is a flag? 1909-01-01 Movie
1907	Director	The Dirigible 'Homeland' 1907-12-10 Movie
	Director	The Glue 1907-11-01 Movie
	Director	The Rolling Bed 1907-11-01 Movie
	Director	A Four-Year-Old Heroine 1907-10-01 Movie
	Director	The Irresistible Piano 1907-09-30 Movie
	Director	The Banknote 1907-04-23 Movie
	Director	Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris 1907-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Cleaning Man 1907-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Fur Hat 1907-01-01 Movie
	Director	On the Barricade 1907-01-01 Movie
	Director	Madame's Cravings 1907-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Race for the Sausage 1907-01-01 Movie
1906	Director	The Drunken Mattress 1906-12-29 Movie
	Director	La crinoline 1906-09-01 Movie
	Director	A Sticky Woman 1906-08-31 Movie
	Director	La chaussette 1906-04-26 Movie
	Director	A Priest's Conscience 1906-03-08 Movie
	Director	Course de taureaux à Nîmes 1906-01-08 Movie
	Director	Mireille 1906-01-03 Movie
	Director	A Story Well Spun 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Consequences of Feminism 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Game-Keeper's Son 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ocean Studies 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	L'Honneur du Corse 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Truth Behind the Ape-Man 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	An Obstacle Course 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	Good Evening, the Flower Fairy 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Hierarchies of Love 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Stepmother 1906-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Parish Priest's Christmas 1906-01-01 Movie
1905	Director	Esmeralda 1905-12-01 Movie
	Director	Le cireur distrait 1905-04-26 Movie
	Director	Déménagement à la cloche de bois 1905-04-26 Movie
	Director	In a Bamboo Hut 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea" 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Clown, Dog and Balloon 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Tango 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Statue 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Magician's Alms 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	The O'Mers in 'The Bricklayers' 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee" 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Félix Mayol Performs "Indiscreet Questions" 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Spain 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs" 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Malagueña and the Bullfighter 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka" 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Saharet Performs the Bolero 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cake-walk nègre 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director	Faust 1905-01-01 Movie
1904	Director	The First Cigarette 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	The Crime on Temple Street 1904-01-02 Movie
	Director	Electrocution 1904-01-01 Movie
1903	Director	Faust and Mephistopheles 1903-01-01 Movie
	Director	How Monsieur Takes His Bath 1903-01-01 Movie
1902	Director	Les malabares, acrobats 1902-12-04 Movie
	Director	Serpentine Dance by Lina Esbrard 1902-08-26 Movie
	Director	Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs 1902-01-01 Movie
	Director	Midwife to the Upper Class 1902-01-01 Movie
	Director	Serpentine Dance by Lina Esbrard 1902-01-01 Movie
	Director	An Untimely Intrusion 1902-01-01 Movie
1901	Director	Danse basque 1901-01-01 Movie
1900	Director	Little Tich and His Funny Feet 1900-12-31 Movie
	Director	Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage) 1900-08-08 Movie
	Director	Pierrette's Escapades 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Danse du papillon 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	At the Floral Ball 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Avenue de l'Opéra 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Turn-of-the-Century Surgery 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	At the Photographer's 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Landlady 1900-01-01 Movie
1899	Director	Wonderful Absinthe 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	At the Club 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Entrée Et Sortie De La Mine 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	La Sortie du Bain 1899-01-01 Movie
1898	Director	L'utilité des rayons x 1898-09-22 Movie
	Director	La cène 1898-01-16 Movie
	Director	At the Hypnotist's 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Disappearing Act 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man 1898-01-01 Movie
1897	Director	Danse Fleur de Lotus 1897-05-18 Movie
	Director	Ballet Libella 1897-05-18 Movie
	Director	The Fisherman at the Stream 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Burglars 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	L'arroseur arrosé 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bathing in a Stream 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter 1897-01-01 Movie
1896	Director	Les congierges 1896-03-31 Movie
	Director	The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1896-03-31 Movie
	Director	Les démolisseurs 1896-03-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1917	Writer	House of Cards 1917-06-04 Movie
	Writer	The Empress 1917-03-11 Movie
1915	Writer	My Madonna 1915-10-25 Movie
1914	Writer	The Lure 1914-08-24 Movie
	Screenplay	The Dream Woman 1914-03-01 Movie
1913	Writer	Dick Whittington and His Cat 1913-04-16 Movie
	Writer	Beasts of the Jungle 1913-01-01 Movie
1912	Writer	Making an American Citizen 1912-10-30 Movie
	Writer	Fra Diavolo 1912-07-01 Movie
1911	Writer	Greater Love Hath No Man 1911-06-29 Movie
1907	Writer	The Fur Hat 1907-01-01 Movie
1906	Writer	A Sticky Woman 1906-08-31 Movie
	Writer	A Priest's Conscience 1906-03-08 Movie
	Writer	The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ 1906-01-01 Movie
1896	Writer	The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1896-03-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1915	Producer	The Vampire 1915-08-09 Movie
1913	Producer	Matrimony's Speed Limit 1913-06-11 Movie
	Producer	A House Divided 1913-05-02 Movie
	Producer	The Roads That Lead Home 1913-01-01 Movie
1912	Producer	The Girl in the Arm-Chair 1912-12-13 Movie
	Producer	The New Love And The Old 1912-11-06 Movie
	Producer	Making an American Citizen 1912-10-30 Movie
	Producer	Canned Harmony 1912-10-09 Movie
	Producer	The Sewer 1912-04-24 Movie
	Producer	Algie, the Miner 1912-02-28 Movie
	Producer	A Fool and His Money 1912-01-01 Movie
1911	Producer	Cupid and the Comet 1911-06-20 Movie
1902	Producer	Midwife to the Upper Class 1902-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1896	Director of Photography	The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 1896-03-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv