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