Germaine Dieterlen
Known for Directing
Born May 15, 1903
Died November 13, 1999
Place of Birth Paris, France, EU
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
The Dreamed Films
2010
as Self
Germaine et ses copains
1996
as herself
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Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
1981
Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
1966
Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977
as herself
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
1970
Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979
Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967
Director
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Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972
Director
Germaine chez elle
1994
as herself
The Burial of the Hogon
1973
Director