Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Born: 1925-01-31 in Porto-Novo, Benin
Died: 1987-11-04
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1982
- Iba N'Diaye as Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)
1981
- Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo ... (Director)
- Under House Arrest ... (Director)
- Birago Diop, Storyteller ... (Director)
1978
- Ceddo ... (Production Manager)
1975
- Xala ... (Producer)
1973
- Emitaï ... (Production Director)
1971
- Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts ... (Director)
1970
- Tauw ... (Production Manager)
1966
- Môl ... (Director)
- Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres ... (Director)
1965
- Sindiely ... (Director)
- N'Diongane ... (Director)
1964
- Lamb ... (Director)
1961
- A Nation is Born ... (Director)
1955
1954
- It was four years ago ... (Director)
1948
- Emile the African as Passer-by (uncredited)
- After Love as A Passerby (uncredited)
1947
- Devil in the Flesh as Passer-by (uncredited)