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Nov 17, 1882 Amiens, Hauts de France, France Died on 20 Jul 1942 (aged 59)
French film director
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About Germaine Dulac
- 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.
