About

Known credits:
54
Birthday:
1966-01-10
Place of birth:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Website:
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Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Overview

Lucien Giles Castaing-Taylor (born 10 January 1966, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography.

Castaing-Taylor received his B.A. at The University of Southern California and his Ph.D. at The University of California, Berkeley. Since 2002 Castaing-Taylor has taught at Harvard University, where he is Director of the Sensory Ethnography Lab. His works include In and Out of Africa, which he made with Ilisa Barbash in 1992. It is an ethnographic video about issues of authenticity, taste, and racial politics in the African art market that won eight international awards. He also recorded the film Sweetgrass (2009), which is described as "an unsentimental elegy at once to the American West and to the 10,000 years of uneasy accommodation between post-Paleolithic humans and animals." He is the founding editor of the American Anthropological Association’s journal Visual Anthropology Review (1991–94).

Known for

Acting
2015 Lampedusa Actor N/A
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Directing
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Directing Director 59
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2017 Caniba Directing Director 58
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2017 Commensal Directing Director N/A
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2017 Somniloquies Directing Director 59
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2015 Ah Humanity! Directing Director N/A
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2014 Day Break on the Bed Ground Directing Director N/A
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2013 Still Life Directing Director 59
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Directing Director N/A
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2013 Last Judgement Directing Director N/A
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2013 Spirit Stills Directing Director N/A
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2012 Leviathan Directing Director 60
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2012 Bedding Down Directing Director N/A
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2010 High Trail Directing Director N/A
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2010 Hell Roaring Creek Directing Director N/A
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2009 Sweetgrass Directing Director 59
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1997 Made in USA Directing Director N/A
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1992 In and Out of Africa Directing Director N/A
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Turned at the Pass Directing Director N/A
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Into-the-Jug (Geworfen) Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Writing Writer 59
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Leviathan Writing Writer 60
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Production
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Production Producer 59
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2022 Expedition Content Production Producer 59
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2017 Caniba Production Producer 58
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2016 The Eye's Dream Production Producer 59
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2015 Into the Hinterlands Production Producer N/A
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2013 The Flaneurs #3 Production Producer N/A
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2013 Manakamana Production Producer 59
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Production Producer N/A
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2012 Leviathan Production Producer 60
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Sound
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Sound Sound 59
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2017 Caniba Sound Sound 58
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Sound Sound N/A
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2012 Leviathan Sound Sound 60
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2010 Hell Roaring Creek Sound Sound N/A
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Camera
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Camera Camera Operator 59
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2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Camera Director of Photography 59
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2017 Caniba Camera Director of Photography 58
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2017 Somniloquies Camera Director of Photography 59
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2012 Leviathan Camera Director of Photography 60
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2010 Hell Roaring Creek Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2009 Sweetgrass Camera Director of Photography 59
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1992 In and Out of Africa Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
2023 De Humani Corporis Fabrica Editing Editor 59
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2017 Caniba Editing Editor 58
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2017 Somniloquies Editing Editor 59
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2013 He Maketh a Path to Shine After Him; One Would Think the Deep to Be Hoary Editing Editor N/A
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2012 Leviathan Editing Editor 60
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2010 Hell Roaring Creek Editing Editor N/A
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2009 Sweetgrass Editing Editor 59
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1992 In and Out of Africa Editing Editor N/A
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