Eric Pauwels
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 2, 1953 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Director
The iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
Writer
The iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
Producer
The iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
Cinematography
The iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
Sound
The iconographic journey: the martyrdom of San Sebastian
