About

Known credits:
243
Birthday:
1873-07-01
Place of birth:
Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
Website:
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Alice Guy-Blaché

Overview

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 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.

Known for

Acting
2021 Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 59
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2018 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Actor Self (archive footage) 60
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2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1995 The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1912 A Solax Celebration Actor The Cause N/A
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1907 Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris Actor Herself, the director 59
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1906 Mireille Actor N/A
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1906 Spain Actor Self - Presenter 59
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1896 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Actor 57
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1895 Animated Portrait Shot by L and A Lumière Actor Herself N/A
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Directing
2007 Butterfly Dances Directing Director N/A
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2005 Gaumont Treasures 1897-1913 Directing Director 59
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1918 The Great Adventure Directing Director N/A
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1917 Behind the Mask Directing Director N/A
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1917 When You and I Were Young Directing Director N/A
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1917 House of Cards Directing Director N/A
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1917 The Empress Directing Director N/A
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1917 The Adventurer Directing Director 59
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1916 The Ocean Waif Directing Director 58
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1916 The Scarlet Woman Directing Director N/A
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1916 What Will People Say? Directing Director N/A
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1915 My Madonna Directing Director N/A
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1915 The Song of the Wage Slave Directing Director N/A
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1915 The Vampire Directing Director N/A
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1915 Heart of a Painted Woman Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Tigress Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Lure Directing Director 58
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1914 The Woman of Mystery Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Monster and the Girl Directing Director N/A
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1914 The Dream Woman Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Rogues of Paris Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Pit and the Pendulum Directing Director 58
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1913 Matrimony's Speed Limit Directing Director 58
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1913 A House Divided Directing Director 58
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1913 A Severe Test Directing Director 58
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1913 Dick Whittington and His Cat Directing Director 58
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1913 Burstup Homes' Murder Case Directing Director 58
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1913 Officer Henderson Directing Director 59
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1913 Napoleon Directing Director N/A
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1913 Burstup Homes Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Thief Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Coming of Sunbeam Directing Director N/A
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1913 Cousins of Sherlocko Directing Director 59
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1913 The Roads That Lead Home Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Woman Behind the Man Directing Director N/A
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1912 Hearts Unknown Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Girl in the Arm-Chair Directing Director 58
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1912 The Hater of Women Directing Director 59
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1912 The Face at the Window Directing Director N/A
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1912 A Comedy of Errors Directing Director N/A
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1912 The New Love And The Old Directing Director N/A
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1912 Making an American Citizen Directing Director 58
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1912 The High Cost of Living Directing Director N/A
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1912 Canned Harmony Directing Director 58
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1912 The Love of the Flag Directing Director N/A
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1912 Treasures on the Wing Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Fight in the Dark Directing Director N/A
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1912 Playing Trumps Directing Director N/A
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1912 Phantom Paradise Directing Director N/A
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1912 His Double Directing Director 58
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1912 The Strike Directing Director 58
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1912 Two Little Rangers Directing Director 58
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1912 Broken Oaths Directing Director N/A
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1912 For Love of the Flag Directing Director 59
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1912 Fra Diavolo Directing Director N/A
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1912 In the Year 2000 Directing Director N/A
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1912 Souls in the Shadow Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Wooing of Alice Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Reformation of Mary Directing Director N/A
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1912 Child of the Tenements Directing Director N/A
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1912 Falling Leaves Directing Director 59
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1912 Blighted Lives Directing Director N/A
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1912 Algie, the Miner Directing Director 58
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1912 God Disposes Directing Director 58
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1912 Hubby Does the Washing Directing Director N/A
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1912 The Detective's Dog Directing Director 58
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1912 A Terrible Lesson Directing Director N/A
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1912 Mrs. Cranston's Jewels Directing Director N/A
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1912 Mignon Directing Director N/A
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1912 Frozen on Love's Trail Directing Director 59
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1912 A Man's a Man Directing Director 58
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1912 Parson Sue Directing Director 58
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1912 A Fool and His Money Directing Director 59
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1911 The Violin Maker of Nuremberg Directing Director N/A
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1911 His Mother's Hymn Directing Director N/A
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1911 Starting Something Directing Director 59
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1911 Greater Love Hath No Man Directing Director 59
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1911 Cupid and the Comet Directing Director 58
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1911 Across the Mexican Line Directing Director N/A
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1911 Tramp Strategy Directing Director N/A
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1911 Mixed Pets Directing Director N/A
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1911 When Marian was Married Directing Director N/A
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1910 Bonsoir Directing Co-Director 59
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1909 What is a flag? Directing Director N/A
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1907 The Dirigible 'Homeland' Directing Director 58
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1907 The Glue Directing Director 59
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1907 The Rolling Bed Directing Director 58
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1907 A Four-Year-Old Heroine Directing Director 59
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1907 The Irresistible Piano Directing Director 58
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1907 On the Barricade Directing Director 58
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1907 The Cleaning Man Directing Director 58
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1907 The Banknote Directing Director 58
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1907 The Race for the Sausage Directing Director 58
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1907 Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris Directing Director 59
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1906 Les Druides Directing Director N/A
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1906 The Drunken Mattress Directing Director 58
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1906 The Consequences of Feminism Directing Director 59
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1906 The Truth Behind the Ape-Man Directing Director 58
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1906 The Parish Priest's Christmas Directing Director 58
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1906 Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea" Directing Director 58
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1906 A Story Well Spun Directing Director 58
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1906 The Stepmother Directing Director 58
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1906 The Mouse in the Crinoline Directing Director N/A
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1906 A Sticky Woman Directing Director 58
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1906 The Game-Keeper's Son Directing Director 58
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1906 Madame's Cravings Directing Director 59
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1906 The Fairy of Spring Directing Director 58
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1906 La chaussette Directing Director 59
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1906 An Obstacle Course Directing Director 58
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1906 The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ Directing Director 59
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1906 A Priest's Conscience Directing Director 59
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1906 Ocean Studies Directing Director 58
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1906 The Hierarchies of Love Directing Director 58
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1906 Course de taureaux à Nîmes Directing Director N/A
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1906 Mireille Directing Director N/A
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1906 L'Honneur du Corse Directing Director N/A
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1906 Spain Directing Director 59
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1905 Esmeralda Directing Director N/A
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1905 The Magician's Alms Directing Director 58
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1905 The Statue Directing Director 58
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1905 The Bricklayers Directing Director 58
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1905 Clown, Dog and Balloon Directing Director 58
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1905 Déménagement à la cloche de bois Directing Director 59
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1905 Le cireur distrait Directing Director 59
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1905 Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque Directing Director 59
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1905 Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu Directing Director 58
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1905 Saharet Performs the Bolero Directing Director 58
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1905 In a Bamboo Hut Directing Director 59
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1905 Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka" Directing Director 58
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1905 Faust Directing Director N/A
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1905 Le Cake-walk de nouveau cirque Directing Director 58
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1905 Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee" Directing Director 58
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1905 Félix Mayol Performs "Indiscreet Questions" Directing Director 58
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1905 The Malagueña and the Bullfighter Directing Director 58
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1905 Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster Directing Director 58
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1905 Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs" Directing Director 58
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1904 The Crime on Temple Street Directing Director N/A
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1904 Electrocution Directing Director N/A
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1904 The First Cigarette Directing Director N/A
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1903 Faust and Mephistopheles Directing Director 58
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1903 How Monsieur Takes His Bath Directing Director 58
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1902 An Untimely Intrusion Directing Director 58
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1902 Les malabares: Les acrobats Directing Director N/A
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1902 Midwife to the Upper Class Directing Director 58
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1902 La Gigue Directing Director N/A
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1902 Danse fantaisiste Directing Director N/A
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1902 Serpentine Dance Directing Director N/A
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1902 Eccentric Dance Directing Director 58
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1902 Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs Directing Director 58
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1901 Danse basque Directing Director N/A
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1900 Little Tich and His Funny Feet Directing Director 59
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1900 Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage) Directing Director 58
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1900 Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance Directing Director 58
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1900 At the Photographer's Directing Director 58
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1900 At the Floral Ball Directing Director 58
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1900 Gavotte directoire Directing Director N/A
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1900 Danse du papillon Directing Director 59
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1900 Turn-of-the-Century Surgery Directing Director 58
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1900 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Directing Director 58
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1900 Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder Directing Director 59
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1900 The Landlady Directing Director 58
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1900 Pierrette's Escapades Directing Director 58
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1900 Avenue de l'Opéra Directing Director 58
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1900 Coucher d'une Parisienne Directing Director N/A
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1899 Wonderful Absinthe Directing Director 58
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1899 At the Club Directing Director 58
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1899 Entrée Et Sortie De La Mine Directing Director N/A
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1899 La Sortie du Bain Directing Director N/A
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1898 L'utilité des rayons x Directing Director 58
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1898 La cène Directing Director 59
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1898 The Burglars Directing Director 59
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1898 The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man Directing Director 58
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1898 Disappearing Act Directing Director 58
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1898 At the Hypnotist's Directing Director 58
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1898 Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak Directing Director 58
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1897 Danse Fleur de Lotus Directing Director 59
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1897 Ballet Libella Directing Director 58
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1897 Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter Directing Director 58
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1897 Bathing in a Stream Directing Director 58
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1897 L'arroseur arrosé Directing Director 59
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1897 The Fisherman at the Stream Directing Director 58
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1896 Les congierges Directing Director N/A
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1896 Les démolisseurs Directing Director N/A
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1896 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Directing Director 57
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Alice Guy - 13 Courts-métrages Directing Director N/A
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Shadows of the Moulin Rouge Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1917 House of Cards Writing Writer N/A
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1917 The Empress Writing Writer N/A
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1915 My Madonna Writing Writer N/A
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1914 The Lure Writing Writer 58
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1914 The Woman of Mystery Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1914 The Dream Woman Writing Screenplay N/A
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1913 Kelly from the Emerald Isle Writing Writer N/A
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1913 Dick Whittington and His Cat Writing Writer 58
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1913 Beasts of the Jungle Writing Writer N/A
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1912 Making an American Citizen Writing Writer 58
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1912 Fra Diavolo Writing Writer N/A
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1912 Falling Leaves Writing Writer 59
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1911 Greater Love Hath No Man Writing Writer 59
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1906 The Consequences of Feminism Writing Writer 59
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1906 A Sticky Woman Writing Writer 58
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1906 Madame's Cravings Writing Writer 59
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1906 The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ Writing Writer 59
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1906 A Priest's Conscience Writing Writer 59
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1900 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Writing Writer 58
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1900 Coucher d'une Parisienne Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1896 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Writing Writer 57
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Shadows of the Moulin Rouge Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1916 The Scarlet Woman Production Producer N/A
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1915 The Vampire Production Producer N/A
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1914 The Woman of Mystery Production Producer N/A
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1913 The Rogues of Paris Production Producer N/A
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1913 Matrimony's Speed Limit Production Producer 58
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1913 A House Divided Production Producer 58
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1913 Beasts of the Jungle Production Producer N/A
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1913 The Roads That Lead Home Production Producer N/A
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1912 The Girl in the Arm-Chair Production Producer 58
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1912 A Comedy of Errors Production Producer N/A
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1912 The New Love And The Old Production Producer N/A
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1912 Making an American Citizen Production Producer 58
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1912 Canned Harmony Production Producer 58
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1912 Dublin Dan Production Producer N/A
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1912 The Equine Spy Production Producer N/A
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1912 The Reformation of Mary Production Producer N/A
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1912 The Sewer Production Producer 58
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1912 Algie, the Miner Production Producer 58
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1912 Hubby Does the Washing Production Producer N/A
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1912 A Fool and His Money Production Producer 59
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1911 Greater Love Hath No Man Production Executive Producer 59
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1911 Cupid and the Comet Production Producer 58
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1902 Midwife to the Upper Class Production Producer 58
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Shadows of the Moulin Rouge Production Producer N/A
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Camera
1896 The Cabbage-Patch Fairy Camera Director of Photography 57
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