Person
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Directing · 1925–1987 · Porto-Novo, Benin
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
Emitaï
Production Director
Xala
Producer
Ceddo
Production Manager
A Nation is Born
Director
Tauw
Production Manager
Môl
Director
Devil in the Flesh
Passer-by (uncredited)
After Love
A Passerby (uncredited)
Lamb
Director
Africa on the Seine
1955
Filmography
- 1982Iba N'DiayeHimself - Interviewer (uncredited)
- 1981Under House ArrestDirector
- 1981Behind the Scenes: The Making of CeddoDirector
- 1981Birago Diop, StorytellerDirector
- 1978CeddoProduction Manager
- 1975XalaProducer
- 1973EmitaïProduction Director
- 1971Ife / 3ème Festival des ArtsDirector
- 1970TauwProduction Manager
- 1966Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts NègresDirector
- 1966MôlDirector
- 1965SindielyDirector
- 1965N'DionganeDirector
- 1964LambDirector
- 1961A Nation is BornDirector
- 1955Africa on the Seine
- 1954It was four years agoDirector
- 1948Emile the AfricanPasser-by (uncredited)
- 1948After LoveA Passerby (uncredited)
- 1947Devil in the FleshPasser-by (uncredited)
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