Teri Wehn Damisch is a French-American documentary filmmaker, born in Paris in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941. After studying at Yale University, she began her television career in educational programming at New York's WNYC/TV. She chose Paris as her home with philosopher and art historian
Hubert Damisch. In 1970,
Pierre Schaeffer invited her to join his research team at ORTF (French national television and radio broadcasting company). In 1971, Jean-Marie Drot hired her as an artistic collaborator and set photographer for his film
Le raid américain. Between 1976 and 1982, she was executive producer, screenwriter, and journalist for numerous documentary films for France Télévision and the Musées de France. In 1984, she obtained her director's license from France Télévision and wrote and directed her own documentary films.
