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
all 17
Movies 17
Director 10
Producer 1
Interviewer
Iba N'Diaye (1982)
Movie
Director
Under House Arrest (1981)
Movie
Director
Birago Diop, Storyteller (1981)
Movie
Director
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo (1981)
Movie
Producer
Xala (1975)
Movie
5.71
Director
Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts (1971)
Movie
Production Manager
Tauw (1970)
Movie
Director
Môl (1966)
Movie
Director
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres (1966)
Movie
Director
N'Diongane (1965)
Movie
Director
Lamb (1964)
Movie
Director
A Nation is Born (1961)
Movie
Actor
Africa on the Seine (1955)
Movie
Director
It was four years ago (1954)
Movie
Passer-by (uncredited)
Emile the African (1948)
Movie
A passerby (uncredited)
After Love (1948)
Movie
Devil in the Flesh (1947)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1925-01-31
Deathday1987-11-04 (62 years old)
Birth PlacePorto-Novo, Benin
ChildrenCélia Vieyra
CitizenshipsSenegal, Benin, France
Also Known AsPaulin Vieyra
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