Nelson Makengo

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1990-01-01 (34 years old)

Place of Birth Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nelson Makengo

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.

Known For

Director

Théâtre urbain

as Director

2024
Rising Up at Night

as Director

2019
Up at Night

as Director

2018
E'ville

as Director

Camera

2020
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies

as Camera Operator

2019
Up at Night

as Director of Photography

Writer

2019
Up at Night

as Screenplay