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Germaine Dulac

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Also known as Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider

French film director (1882-1942)

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Born
Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider , ( 1882-11-17 ) 17 November 1882, Amiens , Somme, Picardy, France
Died
20 July 1942 (1942-07-20) (aged 59), Paris , France
Occupations
Film director , screenwriter , film producer
Years active
1915–1935
Spouse
Louis-Albert Dulac (1906–1920)
Relatives
Charles Schneider

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Amiens
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
French
Notable work
La Fête espagnole
Field of work
film production
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birth name
Charlotte Élisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider
Commons category
Germaine Dulac
date of birth
1882-11-17
date of death
1942-07-20
name in native language
Germaine Dulac
end of work period
1934-00-00
start of work period
1915-00-00
Commons Creator page
Germaine Dulac
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Encyclopedic overview

Germaine Dulac ( French: [dylak]; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood. A few years after her marriage she embarked on a journalistic career in a feminist magazine, and later became interested in film. With the help of her husband and friend she founded a film company and directed a few commercial works before slowly moving into Impressionist and Surrealist territory. She is best known today for her Impressionist film, La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madam Beudet, 1922/23), and her Surrealist experiment, La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman, 1928). Her career as filmmaker suffered after the introduction of sound film and she spent the last decade of her life working on newsreels for Pathé and Gaumont.

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