About
Germaine Dulac, born Charlotte Élisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider in 1882 in Amiens, is a major figure of French avant-garde cinema. After a career as a feminist journalist, she entered cinema in 1914 and directed more than thirty fiction films, including La Souriante Madame Beudet (1923), considered one of the first feminist films, and La Coquille et le Clergyman (1928), a Surrealist classic. She also produced abstract shorts and theorized 'pure cinema'. Committed to institutions, she was the first president of the French Federation of Ciné-Clubs and taught at the École technique de photographie et de cinématographie. She died in Paris in 1942.
* 1882-11-17 — † 1942-07-20
Major works
- Les Soeurs ennemies (1917)film
- La Souriante Madame Beudet (1923)film
- La Coquille et le Clergyman (1928)film
- Thèmes et variations (1929)short film
- Qu'est-ce que le cinéma ?essay
Key milestones
- 1916Co-founded the production company Les Films DH.
- 1929Becomes the first president of the French Federation of Ciné-Clubs.
- 1942Dies in Paris on July 20.
Themes
feminismsurrealismavant-gardepure cinemaabstraction
Sources: britannica.com · lespressesdureel.com · filmlinc.org