Directing
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Directing · Born 1925-01-31 · Porto-Novo, Benin
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.
Credits · 12
FilmUnder House Arrest
1981 · Director
FilmBehind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
1981 · Director
FilmBirago Diop, Storyteller
1981 · Director
FilmCeddo
1978 · Production Manager
FilmXala
1975 · Producer
FilmEmitaï
1973 · Production Director
FilmTauw
1970 · Production Manager
FilmLamb
1964 · Director
FilmAfrica on the Seine
1955 · Editor
FilmEmile the African
1948 · Passer-by (uncredited)
FilmAfter Love
1948 · A Passerby (uncredited)
FilmDevil in the Flesh
1947 · Passer-by (uncredited)