Directing
Nelson Makengo
FR, LN, EN cinema · 5 credits
Born
1 January 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
Known for
Filmography
Théâtre urbain
Director, Writer
Rising Up at Night
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Up at Night
Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
E'ville
Director