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Mati Diop
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Film & TV
Paris, France
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, the Palme d'Or. At Cannes, Atlantics won the Grand Prix.
Known for
- Queens of Drama — Mimi's Mother2024
- Both Sides of the Blade — Gabrielle2022
- In My Room — Herself2020
- Hermia & Helena — Danièle2016
- Clique Talk — Self2016
- L for Leisure — Stacey2015
- Fort Buchanan — Justine2014
- Simon Killer — Noura2012
- Fort Buchanan: Hiver2012
- Another World — Sita2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Diop
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 12th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Wasis Diop
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Dahomey
- Participant in
- 2019 Cannes Film Festival
- Image
- Mati Diop with Golden Bear of Berlinale 2024-2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1982-06-22
- name in native language
- Mati Diop
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- Commons category
- Mati Diop
- birth name
- Mati Clémentine Diop
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