Silent Movie Mondays: Women Pioneers in Filmmaking: Shorts

Selected shorts in comedy, drama and adventure are all directed by female film pioneers during the time of Early Cinema.  French director Alice Guy-Blaché is considered the first woman to direct a feature film.  Other filmmakers include Grace Cunard, Mabel Normand and Marion E. Wong.

Considered the first woman film director in the world, Alice Guy-Blaché made her first film in France in 1896.  She directed and produced close to 600 silents.  In 1910 she started her own company, Solax, in the New York area.