Paul Zills
Born
Paul Zills

June 18, 1915
Wuppertal, Germany
DiedMarch 30, 1979
Munich
OccupationFilmmaker

Paul Zils (18 June 1915 – 30 March 1979) was a German documentary filmmaker who played a major role in the development of the Indian documentary film industry. He is considered as a influential man in Indian filmmaking industry.[1]

Career

Zils worked for the documentary unit of the United Nations to produce films acquired by the Government of India for widespread distribution using mobile projectors, such as Kurvandi Road and A Tiny Thing Brings Death.[2]

Filmography

Directed by Him[3]

  • 1959: The Vanishing Tribe
  • 1958: Martial Dances of Malabar
  • 1957: New Life of a Displaced Person
  • 1957: Maa, the Story of an Unmarried Person
  • 1957: Fifty Miles from Poona
  • 1956: Growing Coconuts, in the 1956 Cannes short film competition[4]
  • 1956: The School
  • 1956: The Ripening Seed
  • 1956: Textiles
  • 1955: Oraons of Bihar
  • 1955: Fisherfolk of Bombay
  • 1955: Agriculture
  • 1954: Ujala
  • 1954: Family in Bangalore
  • 1952: Shabash
  • 1952: Zalzala
  • 1950: Our India
  • 1950: Hindustan Hamara
  • 1949: Two Worlds
  • 1949: White Magic
  • 1949: A Tiny Thing Brings Death
  • 1949: The Last Jewel
  • 1949: General Motors in India
  • 1948: Kurwandi Road
  • 1948: Child
  • 1948: Mother-Child-Community
  • 1947: India's Struggle for National Shipping
  • 1947: Community
  • 1945: Bombay, the Story of Seven Isles

As Second Unit Director[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://indiancine.ma/AKTW/info
  2. ↑ "Films in India show the road ahead Courier: A Publication of UNESCO". unesdoc.unesco.org. June 1, 1950. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. 1 2 "Paul Zils | Director, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  4. ↑ "Paul ZILS". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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