Djibril Diop Mambéty
Born: 1945-01-01 in Dakar, Senegal
Died: 1998-07-23
Known For: Writing
Biography
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only two feature films and five short films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style. Born to a Muslim family near Dakar, Senegal's capital city, Mambéty was Wolof. He died in 1998 while being treated for lung cancer in a Paris hospital.
Filmography
2023
- Cinema is Magic as Self
2002
- Mambéty as Self
1999
- The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun ... (Director)
1996
- Grandma's Grammar as Himself
1994
- Le Franc ... (Director)
1992
- Hyenas as The Judge
1989
- The Making of Yaaba ... (Director)
1973
- Touki Bouki ... (Director)
1971
- Fight in Vain ... (Assistant Director)
1970
1969
1964
- The Death Knell as Narrator