Pierre Dominique Gaisseau
Pierre Dominique Gaisseau was a French documentary film-maker best known for his documentary Sky Above and Mud Beneath, which was awarded the first Oscar for a documentary. The film is an account of an expedition into the previously unexplored wilds of the Netherlands New Guinea accomplished in 1959 by a small team of French and Dutch explorers under Gaisseau's leadership, in the area where young Michael Rockefeller later disappeared. The film's images of stone age life and mock birth rituals made indelible imprints on the Western mind, repeated in various art and theater forms.
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Date of Birth
March 10th, 1923
Age
103
Birth Place
France, Grand Est
Date of Death
October 22nd, 1997
Died Aged
74
Star Sign
Pisces
Occupation
Filmmaker
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