Alice Guy Blache was the first woman film director of the first narrative film in 1896. She built and wholly owned Solax Studio, Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1912 and accomplished things no one was doing at the time– special effects, super imposition, synchronized sound, colorization, cut mattes on film, developing fiction films as a […]
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Alice Guy Blache Birthday Bash
06/11/2012
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On Sunday, July 1, the Fort Lee Film Commission sponsored events honoring first woman filmmaker Alice Guy Blache. This early cinema pioneer made magic at her Solax Studio built in Fort Lee, New Jersey. From 1912 through 1918, she made hundreds of short and feature-length films– writing, directing, producing and distributing. Madame Blache is just […]
Reel Jersey Girls Film Program: The Lost Garden
05/01/2012
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Film screening of The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy Blache is a centennial tribute to the first woman film director, Alice Guy Blache on Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m. at the Visitor Center of Fort Lee Historic Park. Introduction by Christina Kotlar, filmmaker and Film Festival reViews writer/blogger. This Reel […]
Woodstock Film Festival 2016
06/12/2012
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