Cesar Paes

Apart from direction, he is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.

• Name — César Paes • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Campos, Brazil • Years Active — 1988–present • Spouse — Marie-Clémence Andriamonta • Occupation — Director, producer, writer

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.

In 1988, he launched an independent production company based in Paris called Laterit Productions together with his wife Marie. 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.

• 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