Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Directing · Director · Editor · Screenplay
Born Jan 31, 1925 · Porto-Novo, Benin
Active 1947–1987
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.
Filmography
Xala (1975) — ProducerCeddo (1978) — Production ManagerEmitaï (1973) — Production DirectorDevil in the Flesh (1947) — Passer-by (uncredited)Under House Arrest (1981) — Director · ScreenplayTauw (1970) — Production ManagerLamb (1964) — DirectorBehind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo (1981) — DirectorBirago Diop, Storyteller (1981) — DirectorEmile the African (1948) — Passer-by (uncredited)Africa on the Seine (1955) — Editor · DirectorAfter Love (1948) — A Passerby (uncredited)Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres (1966) — DirectorN'Diongane (1965) — DirectorIba N'Diaye (1982) — DirectorMôl (1966) — DirectorSindiely (1965) — DirectorA Nation is Born (1961) — DirectorIfe / 3ème Festival des Arts (1971) — DirectorIt was four years ago (1954) — Director