Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Age: 62 | From: Porto-Novo, Benin

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Person Details

Birthday: 1925-01-31 09:04:07

Death: 1987-11-04 09:04:07

Aliases: Paulin Vieyra

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Porto-Novo, Benin

Homepage: http://www.psv-films.fr/

Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1982	Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)	Iba N'Diaye 1982-12-31 Movie
1955	N/A	Africa on the Seine 1955-01-02 Movie
1948	Passer-by (uncredited)	Emile the African 1948-05-19 Movie
	A passerby (uncredited)	After Love 1948-01-22 Movie
1947	N/A	Devil in the Flesh 1947-09-22 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1982	Director	Iba N'Diaye 1982-12-31 Movie
1981	Director	Under House Arrest 1981-01-02 Movie
	Director	Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Birago Diop, Storyteller 1981-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts 1971-01-01 Movie
1966	Director	Môl 1966-01-02 Movie
	Director	Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Director	Sindiely 1965-01-02 Movie
	Director	N'Diongane 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Director	Lamb 1964-04-26 Movie
1961	Director	A Nation is Born 1961-01-02 Movie
1955	Director	Africa on the Seine 1955-01-02 Movie
1954	Director	It was four years ago 1954-06-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv