Germaine Dieterlen
Directing
96 years oldParis, France, EUBiography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (11)
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The Dreamed Films
as Self
2010
Germaine et ses copains
as herself
1996
Germaine chez elle
as herself
1994
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Director (Directing)
1981
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Director (Directing)
1979
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
as herself
1977
The Burial of the Hogon
Director (Directing)
1973
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Director (Directing)
1972
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Director (Directing)
1970
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Director (Directing)
1967
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Director (Directing)
1966