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Paul Zils

Paul Zils

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/06/1915

Day of Death

30/03/1979
(64) years old

Place of Birth

Wuppertal, Germany

Biography

Paul Zils (18 June 1915 – 30 March 1979) was a German-Indian documentary filmmaker who played a major role in the development of Indian documentary filmmaking. Born in Germany, Zils moved to India in the late 1940s, where he became deeply involved in the country's burgeoning film industry, particula... Read More

Filmography

Crew

1965

Asiatische Religionen

as Director

1963

Buddhismus in Ceylon

as Director

1963

Buddhismus in Ceylon

as Writer

1959

The Vanishing Tribe

as Director

1958

Martial Dances of Malabar

as Director

1957

Fifty Miles from Poona

as Director

1957

Maa, the Story of an Unmarried Person

as Director

1957

New Life of a Displaced Person

as Director

1956

Textiles

as Director

1956

The Ripening Seed

as Director

1956

The School

as Director

1955

Agriculture

as Director

1955

Fisherfolk of Bombay

as Director

1955

Oraons of Bihar

as Director

1954

Family in Bangalore

as Director

1954

Ujala

as Director

1952

Zalzala

as Director

1952

Shabash

as Director

1950

India is Ours

as Director

1950

Our India

as Director

1949

General Motors in India

as Director

1949

The Last Jewel

as Director

1949

A Tiny Thing Brings Death

as Director

1949

White Magic

as Director

1949

Two Worlds

as Director

1948

Mother-Child-Community

as Director

1948

Child

as Director

1948

Kurwandi Road

as Director

1947

India's Struggle for National Shipping

as Director

1947

Community

as Director

1945

Bombay, the Story of Seven Isles

as Director

1937

Fanny Elssler

as Assistant Director

1937

Seven Slaps

as Assistant Director

1936

Lucky Kids

as Assistant Director