Guy du Fresnay

Guy Du Fresnay

Born	(1877-11-23)23 November 1877 France
Died	20 September 1937(1937-09-20) (aged 59) France
Occupation	Silent film director
Years active	1918—1923

Guy Du Fresnay (1877-1937) was a French writer and silent film director best known for his silent films of the late 1910s and early 1920s. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1919.^[1]

He is the descendant of French writer Maria Du Fresnay and of French knight Ange Du Fresnay as well as the ancestor of French essayist and economist Philippe Du Fresnay.

Biography

He started as a writer, then became a scenarist and film director.

He worked notably for the Gaumont Film Company.

Filmography

Démon du foyer, Le (1912)
Jardin du pirate, Le (1918)
Cathédrale merveilleuse, La (1918)
De la coupe aux lèvres (1920)
Ami des montagnes, L' (1920)
Ailes s'ouvrent, Les (1921)
Margot (1922)
Frou-Frou (1923)

Bibliography

Magazine "Ciné pour tous", No 66, 20 Mai 1921, lien url: http://www.cineressources.net/images/periodiques/o000/401.pdf
Magazine "Cinéa", No 52, 5 Mai 1922, page 1, lien url: http://www.cineressources.net/images/periodiques/o000/494.pdf