Mati Diop
Directing · Director · Producer · Director of Photography
Born Jun 22, 1982 · Paris, France
Active 2006–present · Awards: Knight of the National Order of the Lion, Lumière Award for Best Documentary
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
Dahomey (2024) — Producer · Writer · Casting · DirectorQueens of Drama (2024) — Mimi's MotherBoth Sides of the Blade (2022) — GabrielleNaked Blue (2022) — Director · Director of Photography · EditorIn My Room (2020) — Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyAtlantics (2019) — Director · Screenplay · CastingOlympus (2017) — DirectorHermia & Helena (2016) — DanièleL for Leisure (2015) — StaceyLiberian Boy (2015) — Director · Director of PhotographyFort Buchanan (2014) — JustineA Thousand Suns (2013) — Director · Director of PhotographySimon Killer (2012) — Noura · StoryBig in Vietnam (2012) — Director · Writer · CinematographyFort Buchanan: Hiver (2012)Snow Canon (2011) — Director · WriterBye Bye (2011) — JehanneAnother World (2011) — SitaSleepwalkers (2011)A History of Mutual Respect (2010)Yoshido (The Other Life) (2010) — Amy35 Shots of Rum (2009) — JoséphineAtlantiques (2009) — Director · Sound · Director of Photography · WriterÎle artificielle—Expédition (2006) — Director