Mati Diop
Directing · Director · Producer · Director of Photography
Born Jun 22, 1982 · Paris, France
Active 2006–present
Mati Diop (born June 22, 1982) is a French-Senegalese actress and film director. She directed the 2019 film Atlantics, for which she became the first black female director to be in contention for the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize,…
Filmography
Atlantics (2019) — Director · Screenplay · Casting35 Shots of Rum (2009) — JoséphineDahomey (2024) — Producer · Writer · Casting · DirectorBoth Sides of the Blade (2022) — GabrielleSimon Killer (2012) — Noura · StoryAtlantiques (2009) — Director · Sound · Director of Photography · WriterQueens of Drama (2024) — Mimi's MotherIn My Room (2020) — Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyA Thousand Suns (2013) — Director · Director of PhotographyHermia & Helena (2016) — DanièleA History of Mutual Respect (2010)L for Leisure (2015) — StaceyFort Buchanan (2014) — JustineSnow Canon (2011) — Director · WriterBig in Vietnam (2012) — Director · Writer · CinematographyBye Bye (2011) — JehanneNaked Blue (2022) — Director · Director of Photography · EditorLiberian Boy (2015) — Director · Director of PhotographyAnother World (2011) — SitaSleepwalkers (2011)Fort Buchanan: Hiver (2012)Yoshido (The Other Life) (2010) — AmyOlympus (2017) — DirectorÎle artificielle—Expédition (2006) — Director