Véréna Paravel Biography, Age, Family, Education, Net Worth, Movies & More

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Véréna Paravel (born 21 April 1971 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) is a French anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography.

Paravel was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to French parents, and grew up in Algeria, Portugal, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Soviet Union, and France. She taught at the Université de Toulouse, and received her PhD in Anthropology and Communication Sciences from the Université de Toulouse II. She later worked with Bruno Latour at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. In 2004, she moved to the United States, where she had a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.

Since 2006, Verena Paravel has worked with Lucien Castaing-Taylor at the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University. She has been a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, and in 2012-13 she was the Frieda L. Miller Fellow in Film, Video, Sound, and New Media at the Film Study Center and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is also on the master class faculty at the Ecole des Arts Politiques at Sciences Po in Paris. In 2013, she and Castaing-Taylor jointly received the True Vision Award from the True/False Film Festival. Her works in film and video have screened at Berlin, Locarno, New York, Toronto, and other film festivals. They include 7 Queens (2008), Interface Series (2008-10), Foreign Parts (2010), and Leviathan (with Castaing-Taylor, 2012).

Véréna Paravel

Véréna Paravel Biography / Wiki

NameVéréna Paravel
Also Know
GenderFemale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Date of BirthApril 21, 1971
Age(as in 2023)51
Deathday

Véréna Paravel Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Other People’s ChildrenMiriama2022-09-21Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daugh…

Véréna Paravel Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Foreign PartsDirector2010-08-09A portrayal of a hidden enclave of auto shops and junkyards fated for demolition in the shadow of a new baseball stadium in Queens. The film observes …
LeviathanDirector2012-08-09Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast. The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, the…
Still Life / Nature morteDirector2013-10-02A short companion to Leviathan, set inside the fishing vessel….
SomniloquiesDirector2017-02-12Works with sound recordings of Dion McGregor, who became famous for talking in his sleep….
Ah Humanity!Director2015-09-15“Ah humanity! reflects on the fragility and folly of humanity in the age of the Anthropocene. Taking the 3/11/11 disaster of Fukushima as its point …
CanibaDirector2017-09-01Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Jap…
CommensalDirector2017-06-10A two-channel installation utilizing both digital video and 16mm film, Commensal focuses on the controversial figure of Issei Sagawa, who gained notor…
De Humani Corporis FabricaDirector2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…
7 QueensDirector2008-04-22Ephemeral encounters recorded during a walk beneath the elevated tracks of the No. 7 subway line in New York City….

Véréna Paravel Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
LeviathanProducer2012-08-09Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast. The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, the…
ManakamanaProducer2013-08-12A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple….
The Eye’s DreamProducer2016-07-30Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is intereste…
CanibaProducer2017-09-01Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Jap…
SomniloquiesProducer2017-02-12Works with sound recordings of Dion McGregor, who became famous for talking in his sleep….
De Humani Corporis FabricaProducer2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
LeviathanWriter2012-08-09Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast. The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, the…

Sound

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
CanibaSound2017-09-01Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Jap…
De Humani Corporis FabricaSound2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
LeviathanDirector of Photography2012-08-09Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast. The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, the…
CanibaDirector of Photography2017-09-01Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Jap…
De Humani Corporis FabricaCamera Operator2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…
De Humani Corporis FabricaDirector of Photography2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…
SomniloquiesCinematography2017-02-12Works with sound recordings of Dion McGregor, who became famous for talking in his sleep….
LeviathanEditor2012-08-09Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast. The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, the…
CanibaEditor2017-09-01Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Jap…
SomniloquiesEditor2017-02-12Works with sound recordings of Dion McGregor, who became famous for talking in his sleep….
De Humani Corporis FabricaEditor2023-01-11Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica open…

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