Judith MacDougall (born 1938) is an American visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, who has made over 20 ethnographic films in Africa, Australia and India. For many of the films, she worked with her husband, David MacDougall, also an anthropologist and a documentary filmmaker. Both of them are considered among the most significant anthropological filmmakers in the English-speaking world.

Early life and education

MacDougall was born in the United States. She enrolled in the ethnographic film program at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

, where she met her husband, David. Together, they would go on to make some 20 ethnographic films, across Australia, Africa, and India.

Filmography

* ''Indians and Chiefs'' ( 1967) * ''The House-Opening'' (1977) * ''

The Wedding Camels ''The Wedding Camels'' is an ethnographic film directed by David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall, filmed in 1974 and released in 1980 (108 min., Turkana with English subtitles), that examines the negotiations and cultural practices that surroun ...

'' (1980) * ''Takeover'' (1980) * '' A Wife Among Wives'' (1981) (co-directed with David MacDougall) * ''Three Horsemen'' (1982) * ''Collum Calling Canberra'' (1984) * ''Sunny and the Dark Horse'' (1986) * ''Photo Wallahs'' (1991) * ''Diyas'' (2001)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDougall, Judith Visual anthropologists Living people University of California, Los Angeles alumni American cultural anthropologists American social anthropologists American documentary film directors 1938 births