Early Directors on Directing

Directed by Ally Acker

With Lillian Gish, Katharine Hepburn, Mala Powers, Ida Lupino and Jodie Foster

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.