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'Sexism stands at the door': 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history
Alice Guy-Blaché: the silent era director whose set was chopped up for firewood before she could shootAs a 22-year-old secretary to French film magnate Léon Gaumont, Alice Guy-Blaché was one of the first people to pick up a camera and make a narrative film, 1896’s The Cabbage Fairy. She soon became Gaumont’s head of production and made hundreds of films, showcasing the company’s experiments with colour and early synchronised sound before high-profile features such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
