Eric Pauwels
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 2, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Antwerp, Belgium
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.
Known For
Filmography
Journal de septembre
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The Second Night
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To Split or not to Split
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The Dreamed Films
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Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
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Pour Toujours
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The fragility of appearances
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Letter to Jean Rouch
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The River Banks
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Trois danses hongroises de Brahms
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The Iconographic Journey: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
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Face à face (part of Pas de Danse)
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Face à Face
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Un film
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Violin Fase
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Hamlet ou les métamorphoses du jeu
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Improvisation
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Rites de Possession en Asie du Sud-Est
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