Alice Guy Blanche and Female Artists
3 min readJan 20, 2022
Most of which have not been heard of — because: they were women.
To this day, the work of Alice Guy-Blaché remains largely unknown, and yet, Blaché was not only the first female filmmaker (having complete control of her films) but also the first filmmaker to depict a story on film.
“Falling Leaves” (1912) silent film dir by Alice Guy Blaché — piano score by Ben Model — Bing video
