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Alice Guy Blaché, Lost Visionary of the Cinema
Alice Guy Blache by Alison McMahan, bookcover
Continuum, Mar, 2002

This is the story of the first woman filmmaker and a critical analysis of her work, based on McMahan's Ph.D. thesis, which won the Union Circle of Scholars Award in 1997 and the Women in Film Award at the St. Louis International Film Festival in 2004.

New York and London: Continuum 2003. 361pp, illus.
Hardcover: $39.95. Paperback: $21.95.

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Alice Guy Blache: Cinema Pioneer
Alice Guy Blache: Cinema Pioneer
Yale University Press, Nov, 2009

This book celebrates the achievements of Alice Guy Blaché (1873–1968), the first woman motion picture director and producer. From 1896 to 1907, she created films for Gaumont in Paris. In 1907, she moved to the United States and established her own film company, Solax. From 1914 to 1920, Guy Blaché was an independent director for a number of film companies.

Yale University Press 2009. 168pp, illus.  
Cloth: $40.00

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The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Holllywood
The Films of Tim Burton, bookcover
Continuum, May, 2005

This book explores the relationship between 2D and 3D animation, simulation, and live action cinema using the work of Tim Burton as a context. McMahan argues that cinema and animation have always had a different relationship and interdependence than we have supposed and that this relationship can be observed in changes to horror and fantasy film genres as well as changes in the use of special effects.

New York and London: Continuum 2005. 262pp, illus.
Hardcover: $85.00. Paperback: $21.95

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