Djibril Diop Mambéty
Known for Writing
Born January 1, 1945
Died July 23, 1998
Place of Birth Dakar, Senegal
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
Touki Bouki
1973
Director
Touki Bouki
1973
Writer
Contras' City
1969
Contras' City
1969
Director
Contras' City
1969
Screenplay
Hyenas
1992
as The Judge
Hyenas
1992
Director
Hyenas
1992
Writer
Hyenas
1992
Co-Producer
Le Franc
1994
Director
Le Franc
1994
Writer
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
1999
Director
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
1999
Writer
The Death Knell
1964
as Narrator
The Death Knell
1964
Writer
Badou Boy
1970
Badou Boy
1970
Director
Badou Boy
1970
Writer
Grandma's Grammar
1996
as Himself
The Making of Yaaba
1989
Director
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