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name: "Catherine Ruelle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-ruelle"
fi1m_id: "catherine-ruelle"
tmdb_id: 2110159
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:25:31.509685+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Catherine Ruelle

## Identity

Catherine Ruelle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-ruelle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-ruelle
- **TMDB ID:** 2110159
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2110159

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2110159

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Decline of the American Empire*](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Catherine Ruelle is a French writer, journalist and film critic. After studying political science and history in Paris, she joined Radio France in 1969 and moved to what became RFI in 1971, where she worked as a journalist before specialising in cinema from 1973. She produced radio programmes on film and contributed criticism to publications including Afrique-Asie and Le Monde diplomatique.

Ruelle is credited as a collaborating writer on the 1986 film *The Decline of the American Empire*. She founded the association Racines in 1984, which she has presided over since, and has organised festivals and events dedicated to cinemas of the Black world. She has co-authored books on African cinema and served on juries at international festivals including Fespaco.

*Sources: imdb.com, africine.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

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