Djibril Diop Mambéty
Writing·January 1, 1945·† July 23, 1998 — 53 years old·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.
Known For
Filmography · 15
2023Cinema is MagicSelf2008Mambéty For EverSelf2002MambétySelf1999The Little Girl Who Sold the SunDirector · Writer1996Grandma's GrammarHimself1995Le FrancDirector · Writer1992HyenasThe Judge · Writer · Director · Co-Producer1991Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane199110,000 Years of Cinema1989The Making of YaabaDirector · Writer1973Touki BoukiWriter · Director1971Fight in VainAssistant Director1970Badou BoyWriter · Director1969Contras' CityDirector · Screenplay1964The Death KnellNarrator · Writer