Person
Nelson Makengo
Directing · Born 1990-01-01 · Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Biography
Nelson Makengo (1990, Kinshasa, DR Congo) is a photographer, filmmaker and producer. He is a graduate from The Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa and La Fémis in Paris. He has directed six short films which have been screened at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France) and de Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival (Senegal), among others. He was one of the 10 Congolese artists selected to participate in the 2017 Atelier Picha (Lubumbashi). In 2018, Makengo presented his film E’ville at the Lubumbashi Biennal and was artist-in-residence at Wiels Contemporary art centre (Belgium). Makengo’s film Up at Night had its UK Premiere at BFMAF 2020.
Known for
Rising Up at Night
Director
Up at Night
Director
Théâtre urbain
Director
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Camera Operator
E'ville
Director
Filmography
- 2024Rising Up at NightDirector
- 2020Rumba Rules, New GenealogiesCamera Operator
- 2019Up at NightDirector
- 2018E'villeDirector
- —Théâtre urbainDirector
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