Directing
John Marshall
- Born
- Nov 12, 1932 · Aged 72
- Died
- Apr 22, 2005
- Place of birth
- Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 1
- Directing credits
- 38
Also known as (1)
- John K. Marshall
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 ethnographic study of the Ju/'hoansi. From 1950-1958 Marshall filmed the hunting and gathering life of the…
