Djibril Diop Mambéty

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

January 1, 1945 — July 23, 1998 (53 years)
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.

Known For

  • Touki Bouki
    Touki Bouki1973
  • Hyenas
    Hyenas1992
  • The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
    The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun1999
  • Le Franc
    Le Franc1994
  • Badou Boy
    Badou Boy1970
  • Contras' City
    Contras' City1969
  • The Making of Yaaba
    The Making of Yaaba1989
  • The Death Knell
    The Death Knell1964