Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker(2021)
Who, apart from moviegoers, knows Alice Guy (1873-1968) today? However, she was the first woman behind the camera and the first female director and producer of fiction films in history.
Movie: Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker
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Self - Narrator (voice)
Alice Guy-Blaché (voice)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Who, apart from moviegoers, knows Alice Guy (1873-1968) today? However, she was the first woman behind the camera and the first female director and producer of fiction films in history.
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2021-11-20
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