Eric Pauwels

Directing·Nov 2, 1953·Antwerp, Belgium

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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.

Film	Credit
Journal de septembre2019 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Cabin trilogy : a conversation2017 · Actor	Actor
TTo Split or not to Split2016 · Director	Director
The Second Night2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Dreamed Films2010 · Self/Narrator, Director, Writer	Self/Narrator, Director, Writer
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter2000 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Pour Toujours1998 · Director	Director
The fragility of appearances1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Letter to Jean Rouch1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The River Banks1991 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Trois danses hongroises de Brahms1990 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer
The Iconographic Journey: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian1989 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
FFace à face (part of Pas de Danse)1989 · Director	Director
FFace à Face1988 · Director	Director
Violin Fase1986 · Director	Director
Un film1986 · Director	Director
Hamlet ou les métamorphoses du jeu1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Improvisation1986 · Director	Director
RRites de Possession en Asie du Sud-Est1986 · Director	Director