NJ Town Honors World’s First Female Director
June 27, 2011 Leave a comment
By Briana Vannozzi
Alice Guy Blache, from about 1896 to 1920, created hundreds of short films in France and New Jersey during a time when the only role for a woman was as a wife and homemaker. The French-born director followed the coterie of filmmakers and actors that saw great promise in the borough of Fort Lee, which some call the first Hollywood.
