Paulin Soumanou Vieyra’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Senegalese film director
Was Film director
From Benin
Senegal
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender male
Birth

31 January 1925, Porto-Novo

Death

4 November 1987, Paris
(aged 62 years)

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (31 January 1925 – 4 November 1987) was a Beninese/Senegalese film director and historian. As he lived in Senegal after the age of 10, he is more associated with that nation.
He was born in Porto Novo and educated in Paris. In 1955 in Paris he shot the first Francophone African film, Afrique sur Seine. His other important achievements for film in Africa include founding the “Fédération panafricaine des cinéastes” in 1969. In 1961 he married poet Myriam Warner of Guadeloupe. One of his sisters is Justine Vieyra, born in Parakou.
In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.

Filmography

  • 1954 : C’était il y a quatre ans
  • 1955 : Afrique-sur-Seine
  • 1957 : L’Afrique à Moscou
  • 1958 : Le Niger aujourd’hui
  • 1959 : Les présidents Senghor et Modibo Keita; Avec les Africaines à Vienne; “Présence Africaine” à Rome
  • 1960 : Indépendance du Cameroun, Togo, Congo, Madagascar
  • 1961 : Une nation est née
  • 1963 : Lamb; Voyage du président Senghor en Italie; Voyage présidentiel en URSS
  • 1964 : Avec l’ensemble national ; Écrit du Caire; Sindiely; Voyage du président Senghor au Brésil
  • 1965 : N’diongane
  • 1966 : Le Sénégal au festival national des arts nègres; Môl
  • 1967 : Au marché; La bicyclette; Le gâteau; Rendez-vous
  • 1974 : Écrit de Dakar; L’art plastique
  • 1976 : L’habitat rural au Sénégal; L’habitat urbain au Sénégal
  • 1981 : Birago Diop; En résidence surveillée, L’envers du décor; Les oiseaux
  • 1982 : Iba N’diaye
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