Guy du Fresnay
- Category : 1877-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sleeping Phoenix 4
Biography
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 Honour in 1919.
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.
He started as a writer before turning scenarist then eventually film director.
He worked notably for the Gaumont Film Company.
He died on 20 September 1937, aged 59, in Marrakech, Morocco.