Cesar Paes

César Paes (born 1959), is a Brazilian French filmmaker. He has directed several critically acclaimed feature documentaries including: Angano... Angano..., Mahaleo and L'opéra du bout du monde. Apart from direction, he is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.

Personal life César Paes was born in 1955 in Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He is married to Marie-Clémence Andriamonta, who is also a Franco-Malagasy director. The production company is committed in distribution and publishing. With his wife Marie, he directed documentaries such as Angano...Angano... Tales from Madagascar, To the warriors of silence, Saudade do Futuro and Songs for Madagascar won several top awards at Cinéma du Réel, Festival dei Popoli and Dok Leipzig.

In 2012, he co-directed the documentary L'Opéra du bout du monde which is the story of the creation of a contemporary opera from Reunion Island recounting the arrival of Louis XIV's officers in the islands of the Indian Ocean.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1989 Angano... Angano... nouvelles de Madagascar director, writer Documentary 1992 To The Warriors of Silence cinematographer Documentary 1992 Songs and Tears of Nature director, writer Documentary 1996 Awara Soup director, cinematographer Documentary 1997 We, France's Undocumented Immigrants director short film 2000 Saudade Do Futuro director, producer, cinematographer Documentary 2005 Mahaleo director, cinematographer Documentary 2005 Making Sometimes in April cinematographer TV Short documentary 2005 Le sifflet cinematographer Short film 2006 Batuque, l'âme d'un peuple cinematographer, writer, art director Documentary 2012 L'opéra du bout du monde director, producer Documentary 2016 Songs for Madagascar director, cinematographer Documentary 2018 A Long Hot Summer in Palestine writer Documentary 2019 Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947 cinematographer Documentary