Eric Pauwels
Filmmaker, writer and film lecturer Eric Pauwels started his career with what he calls ‘cinéma mémoire’, or ethnographic documentary. He obtained his PHD in cinematography in Paris with a documentary on the ‘possessed’ in Indonesia. Afterwards, eager to step out of his role of being a spectator, Pauwels begins to make dance videos and works of fiction. The latter are so-called ‘half films’: half documentary, half fiction. But which distance does one keep to one’s subjects? Pauwels’ answer is clear: eliminate the distance and become a subject amongst your subjects. For him, cinema and life should ideally coincide; fiction should penetrate documentary.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
November 2, 1953Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
12Place of birth
Antwerp, BelgiumCast credits
Crew credits
Letter to Jean Rouch
Script, DirectorUn film
DirectorLetter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
Director, Director of Photography, WriterJournal de septembre
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, DirectorThe Second Night
Director, WriterThe Dreamed Films
Director, WriterThe iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
Director, Sound, Writer, Cinematography, ProducerThe River Banks
DirectorViolin Fase
Director