Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthdate
1945-01-01
Day of Death
1998-07-23
Place of Birth
Dakar, Senegal
Djibril Diop Mambéty
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.
Filmography (10)
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Cinema is Magic
2023No Image
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Role:
Self
Mambéty For Ever
2008
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Role:
Self
Mambéty
2002
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Role:
Himself
Grandma's Grammar
1996
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Role:
The Judge
Hyenas
1992
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Role:
Unknown
Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane
1991
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Role:
Unknown
10,000 Years of Cinema
1991
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Unknown
Badou Boy
1970
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Unknown
Contras' City
1969
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Narrator