Lina Fruzetti is an American anthropologist and documentary film director.
She is a professor of Anthropology at Brown University. Her films, co-directed with Ákos Östör, include Seed and Earth (1994), Fishers of Dar (2002) and Singing Pictures (2005). Singing Pictures is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources. It won an award at the XV International Festival of Ethnological Film (Belgarde November 1—5, 2006)
Culture and change along the Blue Nile : courts, markets, and strategies for development Boulder : Westview Press, 1990. xxi, 230 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0813377889
The gift of a virgin : women, marriage, and ritual in a Bengali society New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1982. xi, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0813509394
Kinship and ritual in Bengal : anthropological essays / Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor. New Delhi : South Asian Publishers, c1984. x, 244 p. ; 23 cm.