Mama Keïta | |
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Native name | Mama Keïta |
Born | 6 August 1956 Dakar, Senegal |
Occupation | Film director, screen writer and film producer |
Nationality | Guinean and French |
Citizenship | Guinean and French |
Education | law study at Université de Paris-I |
Notable works | Ragazzi (1991), Le onzième commandement (1998), L'Absence (2009) |
Mama Keïta (also Mama Kéïta and Mama Keita, born in 1956) is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Keïta's films include: [1] [2] [3] [6]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Le Cafard | Short | Film director | |
1982 | L'Oriental | Short | Film director | |
1985 | Opus 1 | Short | Film director | |
1988 | Waps | Short | Film director | |
1991 | Ragazzi | Romantic comedy feature | Film director, screen writer, co-producer | 85 m |
1993 | 1993 Nuit blanche | Short | Film director | |
1996 | Choisis-toi un ami... | Drama fiction feature | Film director | 90 m |
1997 | Le Onzième Commandement (11ème commandement, Le) |
Fiction feature | Film director, screen writer | 80 m |
1998 | David Achkar, Une Étoile filante [7] | Portrait documentary | Film director | 21 m |
2003 | Le Fleuve | Comedy feature | Film director | 90 m |
2004 | Le Transfert | Short | Film director | |
2004 | Sur la route du fleuve | Documentary | Film director | 52 m |
2007 | Le sourire du serpent | Thriller feature | Film director, screen writer | 90 m |
2009 | L'Absence [8] | Drama feature | Film director, screen writer, producer | 84 m |
2009 | One More Vote for Obama | Drama short | Director | 14 m |
2009 | One More Vote for Obama, part of Afrique vue par… (L’) [3] [9] |
Drama short compilation | Director | 100 m in total |
2011 | Le Bonheur d'Elza by Mariette Monpierre |
Drama feature | Screen writer, co-producer | 79 m |
2019 | A des Miles du paradis | Documentary feature, portrait of Miles Davis |
Film director, screen writer, producer | 100 m |
Keïta's films won the following distinctions: [2] [6]
Film | Festival | Award |
---|---|---|
Choisis-toi un ami... , 1996 | 49th Locarno Film Festival 1996 | CICAE Jury Prize [10] |
Le Fleuve, 2002 | Festival Paris Cinéma 2003 | Prix de la Presse |
L’Absence, 2009 | FESPACO 2009 ( Burkina Faso) | Best Screenplay |
Mama Keïta was born in Dakar, Senegal, to a Vietnamese mother and a Guinean father. He studied law at the University of Paris I. He has directed and produced a documentary and several long feature films, including 2009's award-winning film The Absence / L'Absence.
Mama Keïta | |
---|---|
Native name | Mama Keïta |
Born | 6 August 1956 Dakar, Senegal |
Occupation | Film director, screen writer and film producer |
Nationality | Guinean and French |
Citizenship | Guinean and French |
Education | law study at Université de Paris-I |
Notable works | Ragazzi (1991), Le onzième commandement (1998), L'Absence (2009) |
Mama Keïta (also Mama Kéïta and Mama Keita, born in 1956) is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Keïta's films include: [1] [2] [3] [6]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Le Cafard | Short | Film director | |
1982 | L'Oriental | Short | Film director | |
1985 | Opus 1 | Short | Film director | |
1988 | Waps | Short | Film director | |
1991 | Ragazzi | Romantic comedy feature | Film director, screen writer, co-producer | 85 m |
1993 | 1993 Nuit blanche | Short | Film director | |
1996 | Choisis-toi un ami... | Drama fiction feature | Film director | 90 m |
1997 | Le Onzième Commandement (11ème commandement, Le) |
Fiction feature | Film director, screen writer | 80 m |
1998 | David Achkar, Une Étoile filante [7] | Portrait documentary | Film director | 21 m |
2003 | Le Fleuve | Comedy feature | Film director | 90 m |
2004 | Le Transfert | Short | Film director | |
2004 | Sur la route du fleuve | Documentary | Film director | 52 m |
2007 | Le sourire du serpent | Thriller feature | Film director, screen writer | 90 m |
2009 | L'Absence [8] | Drama feature | Film director, screen writer, producer | 84 m |
2009 | One More Vote for Obama | Drama short | Director | 14 m |
2009 | One More Vote for Obama, part of Afrique vue par… (L’) [3] [9] |
Drama short compilation | Director | 100 m in total |
2011 | Le Bonheur d'Elza by Mariette Monpierre |
Drama feature | Screen writer, co-producer | 79 m |
2019 | A des Miles du paradis | Documentary feature, portrait of Miles Davis |
Film director, screen writer, producer | 100 m |
Keïta's films won the following distinctions: [2] [6]
Film | Festival | Award |
---|---|---|
Choisis-toi un ami... , 1996 | 49th Locarno Film Festival 1996 | CICAE Jury Prize [10] |
Le Fleuve, 2002 | Festival Paris Cinéma 2003 | Prix de la Presse |
L’Absence, 2009 | FESPACO 2009 ( Burkina Faso) | Best Screenplay |
Mama Keïta was born in Dakar, Senegal, to a Vietnamese mother and a Guinean father. He studied law at the University of Paris I. He has directed and produced a documentary and several long feature films, including 2009's award-winning film The Absence / L'Absence.