Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

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Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Born ( 1925-01-31 ) 31 January 1925
Porto-Novo , Dahomey
Died 4 November 1987 (1987-11-04) (aged 62)
Paris, France
Nationality Senegalese
Alma mater Institut des hautes etudes cinematographiques
Occupation Film director
Years active 1954?82
Known for Founder of Federation Panafricaine des Cineastes
Notable work Afrique-sur-Seine
Spouse Myriam Warner

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (31 January 1925 ? 4 November 1987) was a Dahomeyan/Senegalese film director and historian. As he lived in Senegal after the age of 10, he is more associated with that nation.

Background [ edit ]

He was born in Porto Novo , Dahomey , and educated in Paris, France , [1] where he studied at the Institut des hautes etudes cinematographiques . [2] 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 Federation Panafricaine des Cineastes in 1969. He served as director of Actualites Senegalaises, an important newsreel service in the two decades following Senegal’s Independence. [3]

In 1971, he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival . [4] Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival . [5] In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival . [6]

He died in Paris in 1987, at the age of 62. [7]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 1961, he married poet Myriam Warner of Guadeloupe . One of his sisters is Justine Vieyra, born in Parakou .

Works [ edit ]

Films [ edit ]

  • 1954 : C'etait il y a quatre ans
  • 1955 : Afrique-sur-Seine
  • 1957 : L'Afrique a Moscou
  • 1958 : Le Niger aujourd’hui
  • 1959 : Les presidents Senghor et Modibo Keita  ; Avec les Africaines a Vienne  ; Presence Africaine a Rome
  • 1960 : Independance du Cameroun, Togo, Congo, Madagascar
  • 1961 : Une nation est nee
  • 1963 : Lamb  ; Voyage du president Senghor en Italie  ; Voyage presidentiel en URSS
  • 1964 : Avec l’ensemble national  ; Ecrit du Caire  ; Sindiely  ; Voyage du president Senghor au Bresil
  • 1965 : N'Diongane
  • 1966 : Le Senegal au festival national des arts negres  ; Mol
  • 1967 : Au marche  ; La bicyclette  ; Le gateau  ; Le rendez-vous
  • 1974 : Ecrit de Dakar  ; L’art plastique
  • 1976 : L'Habitat rural au Senegal  ; L’Habitat urbain au Senegal
  • 1981 : Birago Diop  ; En residence surveillee , L’envers du decor  ; Les oiseaux
  • 1982 : Iba N'diaye

Books [ edit ]

  • Le Cinema et l'Afrique , 1969
  • Sembene Ousmane cineaste , 1972
  • Le Cinema africain des origines a 1973 , 1975
  • Le Cinema au Senegal , 1983

Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ Houngnikpo & Decalo 2013, p. 357.
  2. ^ Roy Armes (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers . Indiana University Press. p. 129. ISBN   0-253-35116-2 .
  3. ^ Lena, Marco (Spring 2022). "Paulin Soumanou Vieyra in the Documents of the Rediscovered Audiovisual Archive of the Senegalese Ministry of Culture" . Black Camera . 13 (2): 474?488. doi : 10.2979/blackcamera.13.2.26 . ISSN   1947-4237 .
  4. ^ "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)" . MIFF . Archived from the original on 2014-04-03 . Retrieved 2012-12-22 .
  5. ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)" . MIFF . Archived from the original on 2013-01-16 . Retrieved 2012-12-25 .
  6. ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)" . MIFF . Archived from the original on 2013-01-16 . Retrieved 2013-02-08 .
  7. ^ "Vieyra, Paulin Soumanou" , Library of Congress.

References [ edit ]

  • Houngnikpo, Mathurin; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin . Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   0810871718 .
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