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Djibril Diop Mambéty

Senegalese film director (1945–1998)

1.51body-of-work score · ranked #627 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 1945 · Dakar Department
Died
July 23, 1998 · Paris
Nationality
Senegal
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, director
Movement
Laboratoire Agit'Art
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Touki Bouki

    1973 · Senegal · drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #66 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #72 · Criterion Collection spine #685

    1.254 citations
  2. 2
    La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil

    1998 · France / Senegal / Switzerland · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 2000 #10

    0.141 citation
  3. 3
    Hyènes

    1992 · Senegal / France · comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.