Actor

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Directing

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Movies: 18Series: 0Crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1325175

IMDb ID: nm0896895

Known for: Directing

Born: January 31, 1925

Died: November 4, 1987

Age: 62

Place of birth: Porto-Novo, Benin

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1947 - 1982

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q1275444

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Paulin Vieyra

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Director (11)Editor (1)Producer (1)Production Director (1)Production Manager (1)

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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.