César Paes

César Paes (born 1959), is a Brazilian French filmmaker.[1] He has directed several critically acclaimed feature documentaries including: Angano... Angano..., Mahaleo and L'opéra du bout du monde. Apart from direction, he is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.[2]

César Paes
Born1955 (age 65–66)
Campos, Brazil
Nationality
OccupationDirector, producer, writer
Years active1988–present
Spouse(s)Marie-Clémence Andriamonta

Personal life

César Paes was born in 1955 in Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

He is married to Marie-Clémence Andriamonta, who is also a Franco-Malagasy director.[3]

Career

In 1988, he launched an independent production company based in Paris called Laterit Productions together with his wife Marie.[4] The production company is committed in distribution and publishing. With his wife Marie, he directed documentaries such as Angano...Angano... Tales from Madagascar, To the warriors of silence, Saudade do Futuro and Songs for Madagascar won several top awards at Cinéma du Réel, Festival dei Popoli and Dok Leipzig.

In 2012, he co-directed the documentary L'Opéra du bout du monde which is the story of the creation of a contemporary opera from Reunion Island recounting the arrival of Louis XIV's officers in the islands of the Indian Ocean.[5]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1989Angano... Angano... nouvelles de Madagascardirector, writerDocumentary[6]
1992To The Warriors of SilencecinematographerDocumentary
1992Songs and Tears of Naturedirector, writerDocumentary
1996Awara Soupdirector, cinematographerDocumentary[7]
1997We, France's Undocumented Immigrantsdirectorshort film
2000Saudade Do Futurodirector, producer, cinematographerDocumentary[8]
2005Mahaleodirector, cinematographerDocumentary[9]
2005Making Sometimes in AprilcinematographerTV Short documentary
2005Le siffletcinematographerShort film[10]
2006Batuque, l'âme d'un peuplecinematographer, writer, art directorDocumentary
2012L'opéra du bout du mondedirector, producerDocumentary[11]
2016Songs for Madagascardirector, cinematographerDocumentary[12]
2018A Long Hot Summer in PalestinewriterDocumentary
2019Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947cinematographerDocumentary[13]

References
  1. "César Paes: Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography, Editor". unifrance. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "Cesar Paes: writer, director and cinematographer". TIEFF. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Laterit Productions". Laterit productions official website. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Biography Marie-Clémence Paes". filme-aus-afrika. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Cesar Paes (France)". dafilms. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "Angano…Angano, Tales from Madagascar". africanfilmny. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. "Awara Soup: A Feature film by César Paes". unifrance. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. "Saudade do futuro: A Feature film by César Paes, Marie-Clémence Paes". unifrance. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. "Mahaleo". TIEFF. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. "Le Sifflet: A Short film by As Thiam". unifrance. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. "An Opera from the Indian Ocean (L'Opera du Bout du Monde)". TIEFF. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "Songs For Madagascar". unifrance. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. "Screening of Fahavalo with Filmmaker Marie-Clémence Andriamonta". nyu.edu. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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