Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa
Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa (born 1940 in Douala ) is a Cameroonian director , writer and actor best known for his first feature film Muna Moto , which was the first full-length feature film to be produced in Cameroon.
life and work
Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa came to film through the theater . He studied in Paris at the Cinema Conservatory (fr. Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français). His main work, Muna Moto , tells a love story that is complicated by the traditional custom of dowry . His film The Antilope Does Not Go Into the Trap (orig. Le Prix de la liberté) is also about the relationships between the sexes, here the sexual exploitation of women is at the center of the story. In 2019, at the age of 78, Jean Pierre Dikongué-Pipa was still working as a filmmaker, working on a film about Um Nyobe , a political leader in Cameroon, with the working title Sur le Chemin de Boumnyebel.
Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa is featured in the 1983 documentary Caméra d'Afrique by Férid Boughedir - a film that was shown as a Cannes Classic at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 . To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Ouagadougou panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision Festival, a bronze statue was unveiled in Ouagadougou in recognition of his pioneering work in African film.
Filmography (selection)
- La Foire aux livres à Hararé , 1984
- Histoires drôles et drôles de gens , 1983
- Music and Music: Super Concert , 1981
- Kpa Kum , 1980
- The antelope does not fall into the trap (orig.Le Prix de la liberté) , 1978
- Muna Moto , 1975
- Rendez moi mon père , short film, 1966
- Les Cornes , short film, 1966
- Un simple , short film, 1965
Awards
- 1975 Grand Prix Georges Sadoul
- 1975 Grand Prix du Festival international du film de l'ensemble francophone à Genève
- 1976 Yennega Stallion of the Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou for Muna Moto
- 2016 L'Ecran d'honneur des Festival Ecrans Noirs de Yaoundé
Web links
- Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa. African Film Festival, Inc., accessed October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Films by Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Muna moto (1975). Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Le prix de la liberté (1978). Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Jean-Pierre Dikongue Pipa: Eternal love of cinema. In: Tendances People Mag. February 7, 2019, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Films. In: Africultures. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Jean-Pierre Dikongue-PIPA. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Cameroon's Pioneer Film Maker Dikongue PIPA Honored at FESPACO. February 24, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019 (French).
- ↑ FESPACO 2019: Dikongué PIPA immortalisé. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (French).
- ^ Ouagadougou: bientôt un monument pour le Camerounais Dikongue Pipa. In: Journal du Cameroun. June 10, 2018, accessed October 27, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Personnes. In: Africultures. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dikongué-Pipa, Jean-Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian director, writer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Douala |