Who was the first female directors in history?

120 years ago, that is, on March 22nd, 1895, the Lumiere brothers showed the film "Factory Gate" shot by their own cameras for the scholars of socié té d 'entrepreneur pour l 'industrial e nationale. Because they are connected with this association, Gomon Company sent a person named Alice.

Alice guy 1873 was born in a middle-class family, ranking fifth in the family. When she was a child, she lived in Switzerland and Chile with her parents. Her father was the owner of a chain bookstore in Chile. When she was six years old, she returned to France, and her family's life was even worse because her father's business failed. In order to take care of her mother, she began to earn money to support her family very early. 1895, when Leon Gorman founded the famous Gorman company in the future, he used her as a secretary.

Alice guy told Betrox that she wanted to shoot electricity, but Betrox was not interested in it, but he offered his support on the condition that shooting didn't take up working hours. According to alice guy's own memory, when she first made a film, she called a group of colleagues and friends to help. They formed a task force and took part in the performance. The shooting location is the yard and garden outside the company.

Alice guy's first work, La fée aux choux (1896), is a scene in which a fairy gives birth to a baby in cabbage with magical power. The film is only one minute long. At the time of filming, Guy didn't realize that he had inadvertently become the first batch of female directors in the world.