Guy du Fresnay

Guy Du Fresnay
Born(1877-11-23)23 November 1877
France
Died20 September 1937(1937-09-20) (aged 59)
France
OccupationSilent film director
Years active1918—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.

  1. ^ decree of the French Ministry of war dated 11 January 1919.