
Known for
Directing
Born
January 31, 1925
Birthplace
Porto-Novo, Benin
Died
November 4, 1987 (aged 62)
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.
2026
Director
2026
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
2026
Director, Director of Photography
1982
as Himself - Interviewer (uncredited), Director
1981
Director, Screenplay
1981
1981
Director
1978
Production Manager
1975
Producer
1973
Production Director
1971
Director
1970
Production Manager
1966
1966
Director
1965
Director
1955
Editor, Director
1954
Director
1948
as Passer-by (uncredited)
1948
as A Passerby (uncredited)
1947
as Passer-by (uncredited)