Directing · geboren 1923-01-01 · Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal

Ousmane Sembène

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."

Bekannt aus

• La Noire de... (1966) – The Teacher (uncredited)
• Moolaadé (2004) – Writer
• Borom sarret (1963) – Director
• Die Überweisung (1968) – Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)
• Xala (1975) – Director
• Ceddo (1978) – A Ceddo / Ibrahima (uncredited)
• Camp de Thiaroye (1988) – Director
• Emitaï (1973) – Screenplay
• Sembene! (2015) – Himself (archive footage)
• Guelwaar (1993) – Director
• Faat Kiné (2001) – Director
• Tauw (1970) – Director
• Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994) – Self
• Niaye (1964) – Director
• L'envers du décor (1981) – Himself
• Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab (2014) – Self
• Marseille après la guerre (2023)
• O Sembene! (2013) – Self
• Le docker noir, Sembene Ousmane (2021) – himself
• Lamb (2026) – Self (uncredited)