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.
Mati Diop Biography / Wiki
Name
Mati Diop
Also Know
마티 디오프
Gender
Female
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Date of Birth
1982-06-22
Age(as in 2022)
40
Deathday
Mati Diop Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
In My Room
Herself
2020-09-06
Made during confinement, “In My Room” plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director’s …
Fort Buchanan: Hiver
2012-08-07
When Roger’s husband deploys to Djibouti, he’s left alone at Fort Buchanan with his temperamental daughter Roxy. Her violent outbursts drive him to se…
Simon Killer
Victoria
2012-04-12
A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past….
Lionel, a widower, has raised his daughter, Josephine, on his own since she was young. The two are used to living alone, depending solely on one anoth…
Hermia & Helena
Danièle
2016-09-09
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of …
Another World
Sita
2011-11-01
1915. Louis, aged 17, arrives on Reunion Island to find his father, Count Kerdiguen. He has built himself a new family with Salima, his native partner…
Sleepwalkers
2011-08-03
Corsica, summer 2009. Pascal, a young medic indulges in his boredom and melancholy between the hospital corridors and streets of the city. Mustapha an…
Fort Buchanan
Justine
2014-11-06
Four seasons to tell the fluctuating moods and mores of a small community that shares its daily chores and life experiences in the military base of Fo…
Both Sides of the Blade
Gabrielle
2022-07-08
Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from ba…
L for Leisure
Stacey
2014-01-24
A dreamy, ironic comedy about a generation of hedonistic students in the 1990s. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly. During a series of vacati…
Mati Diop Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Snow Canon
Director
2011-09-02
An American babysitter comes to look after a young French teenager in her parents’ chalet in the French Alps. Teenage sexual awakening fantasy….
Big in Vietnam
Director
2012-06-21
Film following a Vietnamese director’s wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscen…
Atlantiques
Director
2009-06-13
Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the atl…
A Thousand Suns
Director
2013-07-06
In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots “Touki Bouki.” Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the…
Olympus
Director
2017-12-21
In Olympus, the French and senegalese director Mati Diop captures the youth of Paris on the night of a heat wave, through the eyes and movements of he…
Atlantics
Director
2019-10-02
Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them…
Christopher Columbus discovered America while looking for India. Columbus’ journeys are subjective and undefined. Illusions take over objective observ…
Liberian Boy
Director
2015-01-15
Jules had been hard at work rehearsing the steps to “Billie Jean” for the end-of-the-year show. That same year, he jumped onstage in the middle of a p…
For the 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille about thirty directors have done us the honor of offering us some very beautiful short films….
Limbo Visions 1
Director
2015-05-05
Four filmmakers share a montage of their original ghost images and rushes on a mix of I’ve seen the future….
In My Room
Director
2020-09-06
Made during confinement, “In My Room” plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director’s …
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Simon Killer
Story
2012-04-12
A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past….
Snow Canon
Writer
2011-09-02
An American babysitter comes to look after a young French teenager in her parents’ chalet in the French Alps. Teenage sexual awakening fantasy….
Atlantics
Screenplay
2019-10-02
Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them…
Big in Vietnam
Writer
2012-06-21
Film following a Vietnamese director’s wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscen…
In My Room
Writer
2020-09-06
Made during confinement, “In My Room” plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director’s …
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
A Thousand Suns
Director of Photography
2013-07-06
In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots “Touki Bouki.” Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the…
Atlantiques
Director of Photography
2009-06-13
Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the atl…
In My Room
Director of Photography
2020-09-06
Made during confinement, “In My Room” plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director’s …
Liberian Boy
Director of Photography
2015-01-15
Jules had been hard at work rehearsing the steps to “Billie Jean” for the end-of-the-year show. That same year, he jumped onstage in the middle of a p…
Big in Vietnam
Cinematography
2012-06-21
Film following a Vietnamese director’s wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscen…
