1882? b. Nov. 17th. as Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider in Amiens. French - Writer Film Maker 1905 m. Marie-Louis Albert Dulac. 1909 - 1913 Writer and editor for feminist journal La Francaise. 1914 Offered position as camerawoman on Caligula by actress friend Stacia de Napierkowska (Fr.) -> 1915 Formed production company with husband and scenarist Irene Hillel-Erlanger ->. Directed first film Les Soeurs enemies. 1920 Divorced. 1921 Travelled to United States to observe production techniques. 1922 General Secretary of Cine-Club de France. 1925 The Seashell and the Clergyman based on an original screenplay by Antonin Artaud. Considered by many to be the first Surrealist film. (See Video ->). 1930's Directed newsreels for Gaumont. 1942 d. July in Paris. See IMBD -> and also ->. See The Importance of Being a Film Author: Germaine Dulac and Female Authorship. See Timeline