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Alice Guy-Blaché
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Biography
The forgotten founder of cinema, Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was the first woman to ever direct and head a film studio. The co-founder of Solax Studios, Guy-Blaché is considered by many as the first woman filmmaker. She wrote, produced, and directed over 1,000 films! While her male peers used the camera for technical exercises, she saw the potential for film to tell stories. She invented the music video by using lip-syncing, and was among the first to use color tinting, special effects, and close-ups. Her film, A Fool and His Money, has been noted as the first to feature an all-African-American cast and interracial relationships. However, as her male peers were praised as visionaries, Guy-Blaché’s work was cast aside and overlooked, even misattributed to those men around her.