FILM DIRECTOR

Alice Guy-Blaché

1873 - 1968

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Guy-Blaché is the 176th most popular film director (down from 146th in 2019), the 1,180th most popular biography from France (down from 1,006th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Film Director.

Alice Guy-Blaché is most famous for inventing and directing the world's first narrative film.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alice Guy-Blaché ranks 176 out of 2,041. Before her are Tom Holland, Max Ophüls, István Szabó, Roland Emmerich, Sergio Corbucci, and Spike Lee. After her are Robert Rodriguez, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jacques Demy, Robert Wise, Victor Sjöström, and Alan J. Pakula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Alice Guy-Blaché ranks 35. Before her are Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reinhardt, William McMaster Murdoch, Félix d'Herelle, John Flanagan, and Feodor Chaliapin. After her are Radoje Domanović, Thomas Curtis, Christian Rakovsky, Ivanoe Bonomi, Tullio Levi-Civita, and Charles Péguy. Among people deceased in 1968, Alice Guy-Blaché ranks 35. Before her are Pitirim Sorokin, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Howard Florey, Ivan Ribar, Kirill Meretskov, and Vasily Sokolovsky. After her are Lucio Fontana, Giovanni Messe, Vittorio Pozzo, Ramon Novarro, Arnold Zweig, and Romano Guardini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alice Guy-Blaché ranks 1,180 out of 6,770. Before her are Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), Desireless (1952), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Clément Marot (1495), Émile Gallé (1846), and Jean Todt (1946). After her are Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), Alain Touraine (1925), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Jean Gerson (1363), Robert de Sorbon (1201), and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alice Guy-Blaché ranks 27. Before her are Marcel Carné (1906), Abel Gance (1889), Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), and Jacques Rivette (1928). After her are Jacques Demy (1931), Bertrand Blier (1939), Julien Duvivier (1896), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Chris Marker (1921).

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