Eric Pauwels
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 2, 1953
- Birthplace
- Antwerp, Belgium
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
Journal de septembre 2019
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Cabin trilogy : a conversation 2017
Actor
- To Split or not to Split
To Split or not to Split 2016
Director
The Second Night 2016
Director, Writer
The Dreamed Films 2010
as Self/Narrator, Director, Writer
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter 2000
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Pour Toujours 1998
Director
The fragility of appearances 1995
Director, Writer
Letter to Jean Rouch 1992
Director, Writer
The River Banks 1991
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Trois danses hongroises de Brahms 1990
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
- Face à face (part of Pas de Danse)
Face à face (part of Pas de Danse) 1989
Director
The Iconographic Journey: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian 1989
Cinematography, Director, Producer, Sound, Writer
- Face à Face
Face à Face 1988
Director
Violin Fase 1986
Director
- Rites de Possession en Asie du Sud-Est
Rites de Possession en Asie du Sud-Est 1986
Director
Improvisation 1986
Director
Hamlet ou les métamorphoses du jeu 1986
Director, Writer
Un film 1986
Director
Credits from TMDB.