- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 12, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- April 22, 2005
John Marshall
John Kennedy Marshall (November 12, 1932 – April 22, 2005) was an American anthropologist and acclaimed documentary filmmaker best known for his work in Namibia recording the lives of the Ju/'hoansi (also called the !Kung Bushmen). Marshall first traveled to the Kalahari Desert and met the Ju/'hoansi of the Nyae Nyae area in 1949 on a trip initiated by his father. Throughout the 1950s and 1960's members of the Marshall family returned to the Kalahari Desert numerous times to conduct an ethnographic study of the Ju/'hoansi. From 1950-1958 Marshall filmed the hunting and gathering life of the Ju/'hoansi. His first edited film, The Hunters, was released in 1957 and was an almost instant classic of ethnographic film. During the 1960s and 1970s, Marshall produced many short films about the Ju/'hoansi of Nyae Nyae and pursued other film projects in the United States. He was the cinematograph…
Filmography
A Kalahari Family
tvA Kalahari Family
2001 · Himself, Director
movieTo Hold Our Ground: A Field Report
1991 · Director
movieN!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
1981 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieMargaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
1978 · Sound Recordist
If It Fits
movieIf It Fits
1978 · Director
Baobab Play
movieBaobab Play
1974 · Director
The Meat Fight
movieThe Meat Fight
1974 · Director
After the Game
movieAfter the Game
1973 · Director
A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding
movieA Forty Dollar Misunderstanding
1973 · Director
movieThe 4th, 5th, and the Exclusionary Rule
1973 · Director
movieThe Informant
1973 · Director
Manifold Controversy
movieManifold Controversy
1973 · Director
Nothing Hurt But My Pride
movieNothing Hurt But My Pride
1973 · Director
Twenty-One Dollars or Twenty-One Days
movieTwenty-One Dollars or Twenty-One Days
1973 · Director
Two Brothers
movieTwo Brothers
1973 · Director
movieWrong Kid
1973 · Director
You Wasn't Loitering
movieYou Wasn't Loitering
1973 · Director
Youth and the Man of Property
movieYouth and the Man of Property
1973 · Director
Men Bathing
movieMen Bathing
1973 · Director
Playing with Scorpions
moviePlaying with Scorpions
1972 · Director
movie901/904
1972 · Director
Investigation of a Hit and Run
movieInvestigation of a Hit and Run
1972 · Director
Debe's Tantrum
movieDebe's Tantrum
1972 · Director
A Rite of Passage
movieA Rite of Passage
1972 · Director
The Wasp Nest
movieThe Wasp Nest
1972 · Director
movieBitter Melons
1971 · Director
Three Domestics
movieThree Domestics
1971 · Director
Vagrant Woman
movieVagrant Woman
1971 · Director
Inside/Outside Station Nine
movieInside/Outside Station Nine
1970 · Director
Inside Outside Station 9
movieInside Outside Station 9
1970 · Director
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
movieN!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
1970 · Director
The Lion Game
movieThe Lion Game
1970 · Director, Camera Operator
An Argument About a Marriage
movieAn Argument About a Marriage
1969 · Director
A Curing Ceremony
movieA Curing Ceremony
1969 · Director
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
movieN/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
1969 · Director, Camera Operator
movieYanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study
1968 · Production Assistant
movieTiticut Follies
1967 · Director of Photography
A Joking Relationship
movieA Joking Relationship
1962 · Director
A Group of Women
movieA Group of Women
1961 · Director
movieThe Hunters
1957 · Narrator, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
First Film
movieFirst Film
— · Director of Photography