Germaine Dieterlen
Directing·May 15, 1903·† November 13, 1999 — 96 years old·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.
Known For
Filmography · 11
2010The Dreamed FilmsSelf1996Germaine et ses copainsherself1994Germaine chez elleherself1981Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and DeathDirector1979Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old AnaiDirector1977Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlenherself1973The Burial of the HogonDirector1972Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of YaméDirector1970Sigui 1970: The Clamours of AmaniDirector1967Sigui 1967: L'enclume de YougoDirector1966Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in RhythmDirector