Mati Diop
Directing1982Paris, France
Biography
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
Acting History
2024
2022
Both Sides of the Blade
as Gabrielle
Naked Blue
Director
Naked Blue
Director of Photography
Naked Blue
Editor
2020
2019
2017
Olympus
Director
2016
Hermia & Helena
as Danièle
2015
L for Leisure
as Stacey
Liberian Boy
Director
Limbo Visions 1
Director
Liberian Boy
Director of Photography
2014
Fort Buchanan
as Justine
2013
A Thousand Suns
Director
A Thousand Suns
Director of Photography
2012
Simon Killer
as Noura
Big in Vietnam
Director
Simon Killer
Story
Big in Vietnam
Cinematography
Big in Vietnam
Writer
2011
2009
35 Shots of Rum
as Joséphine
Atlantiques
Director
Atlantiques
Sound
Atlantiques
Director of Photography
Atlantiques
Writer
2006
Île artificielle—Expédition
Director