Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Born: 1961-01-01 in Abéché, Chad
Known For: Directing
Biography
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Stylistically restrained but loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.
Filmography
2026
- Soumsoum, la nuit des astres ... (Director)
2021
- Lingui: The Sacred Bonds ... (Director)
- Exterminate All the Brutes
- FC United as Self
2019
- Interdependence ... (Director)
- Talking About Trees ... (Co-Producer)
- Lac ... (Director)
2018
- A Season in France ... (Director)
2016
- Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy ... (Director)
2014
- Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg ... (Co-Director)
2013
- Grigris ... (Director)
2010
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! ... (Co-Director)
- A Screaming Man ... (Director)
2008
- Expectations ... (Director)
- Sex, Okra & Salted Butter ... (Director)
2006
- Dry Season ... (Director)
- Kalala ... (Director)
2004
- Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity ... (Director)
- Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind ... (Director)
2003
- Bye Bye Africa as Haroun
2002
- Abouna ... (Director)
2001
- Letter from New York ... (Director)
1998
- Un thé au sahel ... (Director)
1997
- B 400 ... (Director)
1996
- Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot ... (Director)
1995
- Goï-Goï ... (Director)
- Bord' Africa ... (Director)
1994
- Maral tanié ... (Director)