Klaus Pas
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
![With 1 billion of the world’s population going to bed hungry at night, documentary film, “Last Supper For Malthus” sheds light on one of the most prevalent and alarming issues of our time, the global food crisis.
Director Klaus Pas, brings to life political-economists Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo, intertwining their theories with captivating images and interviews from some of the worldÂ’s leading experts on the topic, including figures such as U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Dr. Jacques Diouf, Jean Ziegler, Olivier de Schutter and Donal Coxe.
The film goes beyond focusing on some of the most controversial issues today including changing diets, climate change and the use food for fuel, and considers the effects of the worst global economic crisis seen in over 80 years.
A leading and up-to-date reference work on the food crisis, “Last Supper For Malthus” is unique it its presentation of long-term feasible solutions, and can be seen as more than a movie, but a tool in solving what has been deemed by many as the ‘Permanent Food Crisis’.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ3MjY4OTQ1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjk5MDk5Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg)
Klaus Pas was born in 1980 from Flemish parents. He grew up and studied
in Geneva.
In 2003, after a career in banking, he decides to study film directing and producing in Paris. In 2006, he directs a first 30 minute fiction titled "Displaced".
"21 000 Innocents", his second film, is a documentary which follows three former child soldiers from Liberia in their daily struggle for reintegration.
In 2009, Turbulence Films releases "Last Supper for Malthus", his second documentary about the current global food crisis. While investigating the mechanics of hunger, "Last Supper for Malthus" revives two XIXth Century economists, who revaluate their economic postulates in the midst of what could well become a permanent food crisis.
In 2010, Klaus produces and co-writes "Traiettorie Invisibili" and also writes, produces and directs a short fiction, "Love Bushido", released in 2011. His new film tells the story of Sandra, a young photographer, and her encounter with two unusual hermits living in the Swiss mountains.
In 2003, after a career in banking, he decides to study film directing and producing in Paris. In 2006, he directs a first 30 minute fiction titled "Displaced".
"21 000 Innocents", his second film, is a documentary which follows three former child soldiers from Liberia in their daily struggle for reintegration.
In 2009, Turbulence Films releases "Last Supper for Malthus", his second documentary about the current global food crisis. While investigating the mechanics of hunger, "Last Supper for Malthus" revives two XIXth Century economists, who revaluate their economic postulates in the midst of what could well become a permanent food crisis.
In 2010, Klaus produces and co-writes "Traiettorie Invisibili" and also writes, produces and directs a short fiction, "Love Bushido", released in 2011. His new film tells the story of Sandra, a young photographer, and her encounter with two unusual hermits living in the Swiss mountains.