Evening in Honor of Alice Guy

Watch a program of 13 short films by Alice Guy made between 1898 and 1907. She is the first fiction filmmaker in the history of cinema. It was she who suggested to Léon Gaumont to abandon simple animated views to shoot small scripted stories. She was given the authorization to direct, which was an exceptional fact in a profession reserved for men. Until 1907, she reigned over Gaumont's production as director, artistic director, and screenwriter. During that time, she also experimented with special effects.