Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (31 January 1925 – 4 November 1987) was a Dahomeyan/Senegalese film director and historian.
He was born in Porto Novo, Dahomey, and educated in Paris, France,[1] where he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.
His other important achievements for film in Africa include founding the Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes in 1969.
He served as director of Actualités Sénégalaises, an important newsreel service in the two decades following Senegal’s Independence.
[4] Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.