Alfred Geist Zantzinger (April 6, 1936 – February 16, 2007) was an American documentary filmmaker specializing in documentaries about traditional musics of the world. He directed and produced 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 also worked as a record producer. He lived in Devault, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where his production company, Constant Spring Productions, was based.
He died of leukemia on February 16, 2007, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His memorial service was held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum at 6 p.m. on April 6, 2007.[2]
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