Germaine Dieterlen
Born: 1903-05-15 in Paris, France, EU
Died: 1999-11-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.
Filmography
2010
- The Dreamed Films as Self
1996
- Germaine et ses copains as herself
1994
- Germaine chez elle as herself
1981
- Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death ... (Director)
1979
- Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai ... (Director)
1977
- Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen as herself
1973
- The Burial of the Hogon ... (Director)
1972
- Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé ... (Director)
1970
- Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani ... (Director)
1967
- Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo ... (Director)
1966
- Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm ... (Director)