Four texts by Teri Wehn Damisch, attending to the conception of her films on artist Robert Morris, photographer Gisèle Freund and anthropologist Françoise Héritier. An essay by Enrico Camporesi examining the creative process behind her film On Snow's Wavelength (2001) and a study of her portrait dedicated to set designer Alexandre Trauner, by Christa Blümlinger, complete the collection.
The booklet emphasizes the singular pedagogical approach of Teri Wehn Damisch's documentary films, resulting from her encounters with personalities from the transatlantic world of art and research. The Franco-American director began her career as a television producer in the early 1970s. From the outset, she has been deeply committed to transmitting the cultural, artistic and intellectual spirit of her time, inventing a special setting for each portrait feature. Over the years, she has developed a multi-faceted approach, demonstrating a wide variety of ways to make other people's words perform.
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.
