Alexander Abela

Alexander Abela
Born
Alexander Abela

(1964-11-30) 30 November 1964 (age 60)
Coventry, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Director, producer, Editor, Cinematographer, writer
Years active1997–present

Alexander Abela (born 30 November 1964), is a British-French filmmaker, producer and writer.[1][2][failed verification] He is best known for directing the live action films Makibefo, Souli and the animation film Zarafa.[3][4]

Personal life

He was born on 30 November 1964 in Coventry, England.[5]

Career

He studied physics and oceanography extensive with an ambition to be an oceanographer. He is a seasoned freediver and trained as a commercial diver (HSE Part I) as well. But in 1997, he began a film career instead of that.[6]

In 2001, he directed his maiden film Makibefo, where he was also the producer and writer. The film has been shot in Madagascar in October 1998.[7] The film casts with an English-speaking narrator, where all the roles are played by indigenous Antandroy people.[8] After the success of the film, he made his second film Souli in 2004, which also received the critics acclaim and screened many film festivals.[9] The film also revolved around a remote fishing village on the southwestern coast of Madagascar.[10] In 2005, the film was nominated for the Grand Prix Award at the Paris Film Festival.[11] In 2009, he co-wrote the animation film Zarafa with Rémi Bezançon, and released theaters in 2011.[12] In 2012, he produced two more films: Ojo De Agua, and Ventilator Blues.[6]

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2001 Makibefo Director, writer, producer Film
2004 Souli Director, writer Film
2011 La dernière frontière Director, writer, Cinematographer, Editor TV movie documentary
2012 Zarafa Writer Film

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Abela". NW Film Center. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ online, CINEMA. "Alexander Abela - Über diesen Star - cinema.de". www.cinema.de (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Alexander Abela". MUBI. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Alexander Abela: epd Film". www.epd-film.de. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Filmografie Alexander Abela". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Personnes - Africultures : Abela Alexander". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ Alexander Abela (Chapter 1). pp. 23–54. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511760211.004. ISBN 9780511760211. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Tribal Rituals on Sand Dunes Alexander Abela's Makibefo as a Transcultural Appropriation of Shakespeare's MacbethUdo Bomnüter , Literature Film Quarterly". lfq.salisbury.edu. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Personnes - Africultures : Abela Alexander". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  10. ^ Calbi, Maurizio (2013). Reiterating Othello: Spectral Media and the Rhetoric of Silence in Alexander Abela's Souli. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 63–79. doi:10.1057/9781137063762_4. ISBN 978-1-349-34184-9. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Alexander Abela". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Alexander Abela". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 9 October 2021.