Djibril Diop Mambéty: Djibril Diop Mambéty. Director: Touki Bouki. Born the son of a Muslim cleric in Colobane, near Dakar, Senegal, Djibril Diop Mambéty received no formal training in filmmaking. He experimented with theater, but in 1968, he was asked to leave an avant-garde theater group. Shortly thereafter, he made his first film short called Badou Boy (1970), which dealt with the life of a young renegade. By 1973, he directed his first...
Known For: Touki Bouki (Director(as Djibril Diop Mamberty)), The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (Director), Hyenas (Director), Le Franc (Director)