Alexander Abela

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

Alexander Abela
Born
Alexander Abela

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

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
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2001MakibefoDirector, writer, producerFilm
2004SouliDirector, writerFilm
2011La dernière frontièreDirector, writer, Cinematographer, EditorTV movie documentary
2012ZarafaWriterFilm

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. "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.
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