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Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Directing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1925-01-31

DAY OF DEATH

1987-11-04

PLACE OF BIRTH

Porto-Novo, Benin

ALSO KNOWN AS

Paulin Vieyra

BIOGRAPHY

Benin-born, Senegal-raised filmmaker, theorist, and historian Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was a key figure, as both practitioner and thinker, in the creation and articulation of what a post-colonial African cinema would and could be. Along with producing essential texts like “Film and the Problem of Languages in Africa“ and “Remarks on African Cinema,” founding the important Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes, and mentoring the likes of Ousmane Sembène, Djibril Diop Mambéty, and Ababacar Samb-Makharam, Vieyra turned out a vital body of film work, documenting the birth of a new continental consciousness.

POPULAR MOVIES

acting

production

  • 1975

    Xala

    -
    Producer
  • 1973

    Emitaï

    -
    Production Director
  • 1970

    Tauw

    -
    Production Manager

directing

writing

editing