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.
Directed 12
2020s
- 2026
N'Diongane
Director
A Nation Is Born
Director
Lamb
Director
1980s
- 1982
Iba N'Diaye
Director
- 1981
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Director
Birago Diop, Storyteller
Director
1960s
- 1966
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres
Director
Môl
Director
- 1965
Sindiely
Director
1950s
- 1955
Africa on the Seine
Director
- 1954
It Was Four Years Ago
Director
Acted in 4
1950s
- 1955
Africa on the Seine
Movie
1940s
- 1948
Emile the African
Passer-by (uncredited)
After Love
A Passerby (uncredited)
- 1947
Devil in the Flesh
Passer-by (uncredited)
Produced 4
1970s
- 1978
Ceddo
Production Manager
- 1975
Xala
Producer
- 1973
Emitaï
Production Director
- 1970
Tauw
Production Manager
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2026
A Nation Is Born
Writer
1980s
- 1981
Camera 2
2020s
- 2026
A Nation Is Born
Director of Photography
Lamb
Director of Photography
Edited 1
1950s
- 1955
Africa on the Seine
Editor
Appearances1
1980s
- 1982
Iba N'Diaye
Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)