Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Directing·January 1, 1961 — 65 years old·Abéché, Chad
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. 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.
Known For
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2026Soumsoum, the Night of the StarsDirector · Screenplay2021Lingui, the Sacred BondsDirector · Screenplay2021FC UnitedTVSelf2021Exterminate All the BrutesTV2019LacDirector2019Talking About TreesCo-Producer2019InterdependenceDirector2018A Season in FranceDirector · Writer2016Hissein Habré, A Chadian TragedyDirector2014Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de StrasbourgCo-Director2013GrigrisDirector · Writer2010A Screaming ManDirector · Screenplay2010On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!Co-Director2008ExpectationsDirector2008Sex, Okra & Salted ButterWriter · Director2008Mambéty For EverSelf2006Dry SeasonDirector · Producer · Writer2006KalalaDirector2004Scenarios from Africa: African SolidarityDirector2004Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the WindDirector2003Bye Bye AfricaHaroun · Writer · Director · Director of Photography2002Our FatherDirector · Writer2001Letter from New YorkDirector1998Un thé au sahelDirector1997B 400Director · Writer1996Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griotDirector1995Bord' AfricaDirector1995Goï-GoïDirector · Writer1994Maral taniéDirector · Writer