SILENT CINEMA DIRECTORS

SILENT CINEMA DIRECTORS

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Silent Cinema played an important part in the evolution and development of film. Take a look at some of the influential directors and their films

Charlie Chaplin is regarded as the greatest comic artist and is widely remembered for his iconic and unique character

Chaplin’s films include The Gold Rush (1925), The Dictator (1940), Modern Times (1936)

Buster Keaton is also known as the 'Great Stone Face' and was known for his deadpan expression and imaginative, visual comedy

Keaton's films include The General (1926), The Cameraman (1928), Seven Chances (1925)

Alice Guy-Blache is considered to be the world's first female filmmaker and was a pioneer of French film

Blache's films include Esmeralda (1905), Falling Leaves (1912), The Girl in the Armchair (1912)

Georges Melies was one of the pioneers of silent cinema and is widely known for ideating the 'mis-en-scene'.

Melies' films include  A Trip to the Moon (1902), The Man with the Rubber Head (1901), Cinderella (1899)

Lois Weber was the first American woman to direct a feature and is known to be the most prolific directors of the silent films

Weber's films include Shoes (1916), Where are my Children? (1916), What Do Men Want? (1921) 

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