Germaine Dulac

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Germaine Dulac; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 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. Germaine Dulac was born into an upper-middle-class family of a career military officer. Since her father's job required the family to frequently move between small garrison towns, Germaine was sent to live with her grandmother in Paris. She soon became interested in art and studied music, painting, and theater. Following the death of her parents, Dulac moved to Paris and combined her growing interests in socialism and feminism with a career in journalism. In 1905 she married Louis-Albert Dulac, an agricultural engineer who also came from an upper-class family. Four years later she began writing for La Française, a feminist magazine edited by Jane Misme where she eventually became the drama critic. Dulac also found time to work on the editorial staff of La Fronde, a radical feminist journal of the time. She also began to pursue her interest in still photography, which preceded her initial entry into filmmaking. 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. Dulac and her husband divorced in 1920. Following her long and influential cinema career, Dulac became the president of the Fédération des ciné-clubs, a group which promoted and presented the work of new young filmmakers, such as Joris Ivens and Jean Vigo. Dulac also taught film courses at the École Technique de Photographie et de Cinématographie on the rue de Vaugirard. Following her death in 1942, Charles Ford called attention to the difficulty the French Press had with printing her obituary: "Bothered by Dulac’s non-conformist ideas, disturbed by her impure origins, the censors had refused the article which, only after vigorous protest by the editor-in-chief of the magazine, appeared three weeks late. Even dead, Germaine Dulac still seemed dangerous..."

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1882-11-17
  • event Death Date 1942-07-20
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 1
  • info Birth Place Amiens, Somme, France
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The Smiling Madame Beudet

1923-11-09

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The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928-02-09

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Danses espagnoles

1928-04-29

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Those Who Worry

1930-07-29

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Invitation to a Journey

1927-12-28

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Themes and Variations

1928-01-01

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Disque 957

1929-01-01

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The Death of the Sun

1922-01-02

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The Cigarette

1919-10-10

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The Devil in the City

1925-01-30

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Gossette

1923-12-21

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Étude cinégraphique sur une arabesque

1929-01-01

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Le retour à la vie

1936-08-06

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The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928-02-09

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The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928-02-09

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Spanish Fiesta

1920-03-31

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Heart of an Actress

1924-10-07

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Princesse Mandane

1928-11-23

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The Picador

1932-09-19

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Le cinéma au service de l'histoire

1935-09-01

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The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy

1921-04-22

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Heart of an Actress

1924-10-07

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Malencontre

1920-11-26

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Âmes de fous

1918-10-26

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Antoinette Sabrier

1927-01-01

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Antoinette Sabrier

1927-01-01

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Ceux qui ne s’en font pas

1930-12-31

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Faubourg Dreams

1930-12-31

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Once…Today

1930-12-31

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The Madness of the Valiants

1926-07-01

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Mur des Fédérés

1935-01-04

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Malencontre

1920-11-26

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The Madness of the Valiants

1926-07-01

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Malencontre

1920-11-26

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Âmes de fous

1918-10-26

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The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy

1921-04-22

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Invitation to a Journey

1927-12-28

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Les soeurs ennemies

1915-01-01

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Venus Victrix

1917-01-01

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Géo, le mystérieux

1917-01-01

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La jeune fille la plus méritante de France

1918-01-01

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Le bonheur des autres

1919-01-01

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The Madness of the Valiants

1926-07-01

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Mon Paris

1928-06-01

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Werther

1922-01-01

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The Bread Peddler

1923-09-14