Female pioneers of cinema in focus
published : 18 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Alice Guy (1873-1968) was considered the first director of fiction films. And yes, she was a woman.
When cinematography was invented in 1895, the new machine was used to capture images to present reality as it was (women leaving a factory, a train approaching a station, family gatherings, etc). It was Guy who believed that the camera could also be used to tell a fictional story instead of just being a recording device of things taking place in real life. In 1896, Guy suggested to Léon Gaumont, the owner of Gaumont Film Company, that he abandon simple shots to…
