Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only a small number of 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 hospi...
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Date of birth:
- Jan 1945
Date of death:
- Jul 23, 1998 (age 53 years)
Profession:
Films directed:
- Hyenas ,
- Touki Bouki ,
- The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun ,
- Badou Boy ,
- Contras' City ,
- Le Franc ,
- Le Franc ,
- Badou Boy ,
- La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil ,
- Touki Bouki
Also known as:
- Djibril Diop Mambety
