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
Germaine Dulac (; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942)Flitterman-Lewis 1996 was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early child ...
from the 1920s until Dulac's death in 1942.
Early life
Marie Anne Françoise Mareau was born in
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire (, literally ''Sainte-Gemmes on Loire'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
* Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine- ...
in 1892.
Career
Colson-Malleville worked as a teacher and as a film programmer as a young woman.
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
''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Iván Petrovich, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'', but a ...
'' (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), ''Des rails sous les palmiers'' (1952), ''Tapisseries de l'apocalypse'' (1956), ''A la sueur de ton front'' (1957), and ''Pierre de Lune'' (1960). Many of her short documentary films were made in and about
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...
. Colson-Malleville also wrote songs, and organized gatherings on film history.
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, and lectures on film, which were recently published as ''What is Cinema?'' (2019)''.''
Personal life
Colson-Malleville and Germaine Dulac were partners in both professional and private lives, from the early 1920s until Dulac's death in 1942.
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.
Colson-Malleville died in 1971, aged 79 years, in Paris. French filmmaker is Colson-Malleville's grand nephew, her brother's grandson.
References
External links
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''Deglet Nour'' and ''Doigts de lumière'' films by Colson Malleville, uploaded to YouTube by Archives Numériques du Cinéma Algérien
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1892 births
1971 deaths
French women film directors
French documentary film directors