Known For
Directing
Born
May 15, 1903
Died
Nov 13, 1999
Place of Birth
Paris, France, EU
Credits
11 titles
Germaine Dieterlen
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Dreamed Films
Self
Germaine et ses copains
herself
Germaine chez elle
herself
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
herself
The Burial of the Hogon
Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Director