Jean-Pierre Bekolo

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Jean-Pierre Bekolo (born June 8, 1966 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a film director.

Contents 1 Education 2 Awards and Features 3 Teaching 4 Filmography 5 External links

[edit] Education

• Studied physics at University of Yaounde
• Institut national de l'audiovisuel INA in France, under Christian Metz.

[edit] Awards and Features

• 1993 - British Film Institute award , for Quartier Mozart.
• 1997 - Le Complot d'Aristotle (Aristotle's Plot) featured at Sundance Film Festival.
• 2005 - Les Saignantes premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.

[edit] Teaching

He had taught filmmaking at the following places:

• Virginia Tech, 1998
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
• Duke University, 2003

[edit] Filmography

• Quartier Mozart 80 min. 1992
• Le Complot d'Aristotle 71 min. 1996
• Les Saignantes 93 min. 2005

[edit] External links

• Jean-Pierre Bekolo at the Internet Movie Database
• The directors blog site
• Official web site for Les Saignantes
• Information about Bekolo at the Clinton Presidential Library
• Review from the Duke Chronicle
• Review of Les Saignantes (French)
• Review of Les Saignantes (French)