Early Directors on Directing

Early Directors on Directing (2009)

N/A 31 min Movie
Documentary

There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few people know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in 1920. Ida Lupino directed over a hundred episodes of "Have Gun, Will Travel," "Thriller," "Gunsmoke," and many independent features.

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Cast

Lillian Gish Lillian Gish Self
Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn Self
Mala Powers Mala Powers Self
Ida Lupino Ida Lupino Self
Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Self
Lois Weber Lois Weber Self

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