Pamela B. Green
BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ
USA, 2019, 103’
When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché follows her rise from Gaumont secretary to her appointment as head of production in 1897, and her subsequent illustrious 20-year career in France and in the United States, as the founder of her own studio and as writer, director, and/or producer of 1,000 films—after which she was veritably erased from history. Until now.
Pamela B. Green
is an Emmy Nominated, award winning filmmaker and founder of PIC. She creative directs, produces film and TV main titles, graphics such as the Bourne series, The Muppets, Twilight, Supergirl and award packages. She advises on internal story sequences and directs commercials for Audi and other brands. Her documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché was an Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival (Cannes Classics), Deauville, Telluride, NYFF, and BFI. The film released theatrically to critical acclaim in the U.S. and is opening slowly worldwide. It was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award and won a Clio for design.