Ousmane Sembène
Personal Info
Known For Writer
Gender Male
Birthday 1923-01-01
Deathday 2007-06-09 (84 years old)
Place of Birth Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal
Also Known As Ousmane Sembene, 우스만 셈벤
Ousmane Sembène
Biography
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."
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Writer
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as Screenplay
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as Novel
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Director
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Actor
as Himself (archive footage)
as Himself
as Ibrahima
as Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)
as The Teacher (uncredited)