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Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville

Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville (8 February 1892 – 11 March 1971), born Marie Anne Françoise Mareau, was a French film director, best known for her short documentary films about Algeria. She was the partner of director Germaine Dulac from the 1920s until Dulac's death in 1942.

Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville
Born
Marie Anne Françoise Mareau

8 February 1892
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire
Died11 March 1971
Paris
Other namesM. A. Colson-Malleville, M. A. Malleville
OccupationFilm director
PartnerGermaine Dulac
RelativesPierre Filmon (grand-nephew)

Early life edit

Marie Anne Françoise Mareau was born in Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire in 1892.

Career edit

Colson-Malleville worked as a teacher and as a film programmer as a young woman.[1] She was assistant director on five silent films directed by her partner Germaine Dulac in the 1920s: Gossette (1923), Celles qui s'en font (1923), Heart of an Actress (1924), The Devil in the City (1925), and L'Invitation au voyage (1930). After Dulac's death, Colson-Malleville returned to filmwork, and directed documentaries including Doigts de lumière (1949), Baba Ali (1952),[2] Des rails sous les palmiers (1952), Tapisseries de l'apocalypse (1956),[3] A la sueur de ton front (1957),[4] and Pierre de Lune (1960).[5] Many of her short documentary films were made in and about French Algeria.[6] Colson-Malleville also wrote songs, and organized gatherings on film history.[1]

Colson-Malleville preserved Germaine Dulac's papers and correspondence, which were eventually archived as Fonds Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville at the Bibliothèque du Film in Paris,[7][8] and lectures on film, which were recently published as What is Cinema? (2019).[9][10]

Personal life edit

Colson-Malleville and Germaine Dulac were partners in both professional and private lives, from the early 1920s until Dulac's death in 1942.[11] She was married twice during her time with Dulac, to Paul Malleville and to George Colson; both men were in the French film industry who were friends with Dulac.[1] Colson-Malleville died in 1971, aged 79 years, in Paris. French filmmaker Pierre Filmon [fr] is Colson-Malleville's grand nephew, her brother's grandson.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Williams, Tami (2014-06-15). Germaine Dulac: A Cinema of Sensations. University of Illinois Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-252-09636-5.
  2. ^ "BABA-ALI (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  3. ^ "Les TAPISSERIES DE L'APOCALYPSE (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. ^ "A la sueur de ton front". Mémoire Filmique: Pyrénées-Méditerranée. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  5. ^ "PIERRE DE LUNE (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  6. ^ Smith, Sharon (1975). Women who make movies. Internet Archive. New York : Hopkinson and Blake. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-911974-09-6 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Kershaw, Dr Angela; Kimyongür, Dr Angela (2013-04-28). Women in Europe between the Wars: Politics, Culture and Society. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 185, note 1. ISBN 978-1-4094-8970-2.
  8. ^ Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy; Flitterman-Lewis, Professor Sandy (1996). To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 73, note 4. ISBN 978-0-231-10497-5.
  9. ^ "Book Publication: Germaine Dulac's What is Cinema?". Women Film Pioneers Project. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  10. ^ "Germaine Dulac : What is cinema?". Les presses du réel. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  11. ^ Koresky, Michael (2018-08-15). "Queer & Now & Then: 1928". Film Comment. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

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