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American anthropologist (born 1938) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judith MacDougall (born 1938) is an American visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, who has made over 20 ethnographic films in Africa, Australia and India.[1] For many of the films, she worked with her husband, David MacDougall, also an anthropologist and a documentary filmmaker.[2] Both of them are considered among the most significant anthropological filmmakers in the English-speaking world.[3][4][5][6]
Judith MacDougall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Ethnographic films in Africa, India and Australia The Wedding Camels |
| Spouse | David MacDougall |
| Awards | Film Prize by Royal Anthropological Institute for The Wedding Camels (1980) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Visual anthropology, social anthropology, documentary films |
MacDougall was born in the United States. She enrolled in the ethnographic film program at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she met her husband, David.[7] Together, they would go on to make some 20 ethnographic films, across Australia, Africa, and India.[8]
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