| Intro | Cameroonian film director |
| Is |
Film director Professor Educator Screenwriter Film editor Film producer Filmmaker |
| From | Cameroon |
| Type |
Academia Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
8 June 1966, Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Age | 54 years |
| Star sign | Gemini |
Jean-Pierre Bekolo (born June 8, 1966 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a film director who is considered one of Cameroon’s most famous filmmakers.
Education
- Studied physics at University of Yaounde
- Institut national de l’audiovisuel INA in France, under Christian Metz.
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.
Teaching
He had taught filmmaking at the following places:
- Virginia Tech, 1998
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- Duke University, 2003
Exhibitions
- Welcome To Applied Fiction, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin/ Germany, February 2016