Gei Zantzinger

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Gei Zantzinger (first name pronounced "Guy"; b. southeastern Pennsylvania, United States) is an American documentary filmmaker specializing in documentaries about traditional musics of the world. He has directed films about the musics of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Lesotho, South Africa, and Brittany.

Zantzinger began making films in southern Africa in 1966, while a Ph.D. candidate in the folklore/folklife program at the University of Pennsylvania. He studied film with Sol Worth at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications.

Zantzinger has also worked as a record producer. He lives in Devault, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where his production company, Constant Spring Productions, is based.

[edit] Films

  • Songs of the Badius
  • Songs of the Adventurers
  • A Spirit Here Today
  • Of Pipers and Wrens