Eric Pauwels

Director

Born: November 2, 1953 (72 years old)

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (3)

• The Dreamed Films (2010, ★ 7.3)
• Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter (2000, ★ 6.3)
• The Second Night (2016, ★ 6)