Ousmane Sembène

Also known as Ousmane Sembene, Father of African Cinema, Sembene Ousmane

Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)

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Born: 1923
Died: 2007
Works: 53

Top works

L'harmattan
Ô pays, mon beau peupl!
Le docker noir
Voltaïque
The money-order ; with, White genesis

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Directing · Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal

Ousmane Sembène (January 1, 1923 — June 9, 2007), often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "Father of African film."

Known for

Marseille après la guerre2023
Sembene! — Himself (archive footage)2015
Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab — Self2014
O Sembene! — Self2013
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema — Self1994
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo — Himself

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Ousmane Sembène ( French: [usman sɑ̃bɛn]; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 – 9 June 2007), was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "father of African film".

He was often credited for his work in the French style as Sembène Ousmane, which he seemed to favor as a way to underscore the "colonial imposition" of this naming ritual and subvert it.