Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Place of birth
- Dakar, Senegal
- Died
- July 23, 1998
Biography
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.
Movies with Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Hyenas 1992 · ★ 7.2
- Badou Boy 1970 · ★ 6.0
- Contras' City 1969 · ★ 6.3
- The Death Knell 1964 · ★ 10.0
- Grandma's Grammar 1996
- 10,000 Years of Cinema 1991
- Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane 1991
- Mambéty 2002
- Cinema is Magic 2023
- Mambéty For Ever 2008
Movies directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Touki Bouki 1973 · ★ 6.6
- Hyenas 1992 · ★ 7.2
- The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun 1999 · ★ 6.8
- Le Franc 1995 · ★ 6.5
- Badou Boy 1970 · ★ 6.0
- Contras' City 1969 · ★ 6.3
- The Making of Yaaba 1989 · ★ 7.8