Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Journal de septembre
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
Journal de septembre
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2019
Journal de septembre
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2019
Journal de septembre
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
To Split or not to Split
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
The Second Night
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
The Second Night
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
The Dreamed Films
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
The Dreamed Films
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2010
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2000
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2000
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2000
The fragility of appearances
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
The fragility of appearances
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1995
Letter to Jean Rouch
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1992
Letter to Jean Rouch
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1992
The River Banks
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
The River Banks
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1991
The River Banks
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1991
Trois danses hongroises de Brahms
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1990