Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 31, 1925
Died
Nov 04, 1987
Place of Birth
Porto-Novo, Benin
Credits
20 titles
Paulin Soumanou 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.
Known For
Filmography
A Nation Is Born
Director
Lamb
Director
N'Diongane
Director
Iba N'Diaye
Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)
Under House Arrest
Director
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Director
Birago Diop, Storyteller
Director
Ceddo
Production Manager
Xala
Producer
Emitaï
Production Director
Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts
Director
Tauw
Production Manager
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres
Director
Môl
Director
Sindiely
Director
Africa on the Seine
It Was Four Years Ago
Director
Emile the African
Passer-by (uncredited)
After Love
A Passerby (uncredited)
Devil in the Flesh
Passer-by (uncredited)