Nelson Makengo
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Biography
Nelson Makengo (1990, Kinshasa, DR Congo) is a photographer, filmmaker and producer. He is a graduate from The Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa and La Fémis in Paris. He has directed six short films which have been screened at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France) and de Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival (Senegal), among others. He was one of the 10 Congolese artists selected to participate in the 2017 Atelier Picha (Lubumbashi). In 2018, Makengo presented his film E’ville at the Lubumbashi Biennal and was artist-in-residence at Wiels Contemporary art centre (Belgium). Makengo’s film Up at Night had its UK Premiere at BFMAF...
Best known work
Filmography
TBA
Théâtre urbainDirector, Writer
2024
Rising Up at NightDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography
2020
Rumba Rules, New GenealogiesCamera Operator, Director of Photography
2019
Up at NightDirector, Director of Photography, Screenplay
2018
E'villeDirector




