John Marshall

John Marshall

ActorDirectorSoundProductionCinematographer Nov 12 (died age 72) Massachusetts, USA 1957–2001 (44 year career)

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Biography

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 ethnogra…

Known For

Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies

Director of Photography

The Hunters

The Hunters

Narrator

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Director

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

Sound Recordist

The 4th, 5th, and the Exclusionary Rule

The 4th, 5th, and the Exclusionary Rule

Director

Wrong Kid

Wrong Kid

Director

The Informant

The Informant

Director

901/904

901/904

Director

Filmography

Acting (2)

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Movies (1)

The Hunters

The Hunters

as Narrator

Television (1)

A Kalahari Family

as Himself

Crew (41)

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Movies (40)

To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report

Director

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Director

If It Fits

Director

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

Sound Recordist

Baobab Play

Director

The Meat Fight

Director

Manifold Controversy

Director

The 4th, 5th, and the Exclusionary Rule

The 4th, 5th, and the Exclusionary Rule

Director

Wrong Kid

Wrong Kid

Director

A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding

Director

You Wasn't Loitering

Director

Two Brothers

Director

Youth and the Man of Property

Director

Men Bathing

Director

The Informant

The Informant

Director

Nothing Hurt But My Pride

Director

Twenty-One Dollars or Twenty-One Days

Director

After the Game

Director

Playing with Scorpions

Director

901/904

901/904

Director

Investigation of a Hit and Run

Director

A Rite of Passage

Director

The Wasp Nest

Director

Debe's Tantrum

Director

Vagrant Woman

Director

Three Domestics

Director

Bitter Melons

Bitter Melons

Director

N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

Director

Inside/Outside Station Nine

Director

Inside Outside Station 9

Director

The Lion Game

Director

A Curing Ceremony

Director

N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

Director

An Argument About a Marriage

Director

Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study

Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study

Production Assistant

Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies

Director of Photography

A Joking Relationship

Director

A Group of Women

Director

The Hunters

The Hunters

Director

First Film

Director of Photography

Television (1)

A Kalahari Family

Director