Éric 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.

Born:

Nov 2, 1953 In Antwerp, Belgium

Movie/TV Credits:

2

First Appeared:

In the movie The Dreamed Films 2010-03-18

Latest Project:

Movie Luc Moullet (Éric Pauwels et Jeon Soo-Il) à Manosque I 2011-11-16