A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Born:
January 1, 1990
Nelson Makengo (1990, Kinshasa, DR Congo) is a photographer, filmmaker and producer. He is a graduate from The Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa and La Fémis in Paris. He has directed six short films which have been screened at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France) and de Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival (Senegal), among others. He was one of the 10 Congolese artists selected to participate in the 2017 Atelier Picha (Lubumbashi). In 2018, Makengo presented his film E’ville at the Lubumbashi Biennal and was artist-in-residence at Wiels Contemporary art centre (Belgium). Makengo’s film Up at Night had its UK Premiere at BFMAF 2020.
Camera Operator:
2020 Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Director:
2018 E'ville
2019 Up at Night
2020 Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
2024 Rising Up at Night
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Director of Photography:
2018 E'ville
2019 Up at Night
2020 Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
2024 Rising Up at Night
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Screenplay:
2018 E'ville
2019 Up at Night
2020 Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
2024 Rising Up at Night
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Writer:
2018 E'ville
2019 Up at Night
2020 Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
2024 Rising Up at Night
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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
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