Guy du Fresnay
Guy Du Fresnay 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. 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. Biography. He started as a writer, then became a scenarist and film director. He worked notably for the Gaumont Film Company.