Dyana Gaye
- Known for
- Directing
Biography
Dyana Gaye studied cinema at Université Paris-8 before finding critical acclaim with her first short film Une Femme pour Souleymane (2000). She then created several other shorts, including Deweneti (2006), which gained a top prize at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand short film festival, and the musical Saint Louis Blues (2009, Sundance, Locarno), both of which were nominated for a César award. Her first feature film, Under the Starry Sky (2014), was shot in Dakar, Turin and New York. She is co-curator of Tigritudes, a subjective and chronological anthology of Panafrican cinema. Gaye is now working on her next feature film, Studio Kebe, which will be a musical taking place in Senegal.
Movies with Dyana Gaye
- My Sole Desire 2023 · ★ 6.6
Movies directed by Dyana Gaye
- Under the Starry Sky 2014 · ★ 6.7
- Saint Louis Blues 2009 · ★ 5.5
- Deweneti 2006 · ★ 4.2
- Un conte de la Goutte d'or 2015 · ★ 5.0
- Africa First: Volume One 2011
- Une femme pour Souleymane 2000
- J'ai deux amours 2005