Director

Nelson Makengo

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 2559275

IMDb ID: nm7816777

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1990

Age: 36

Place of birth: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2018 - 2024

Years active: 7

Wikidata: Q112480772

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Biography

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.

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