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Mati Diop

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 06/22/1982 (41) | Paris (France)
Mati Diop (born 22 June 1982) is a French film director and actress. She won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for her feature film debut, the supernatural romantic drama Atlantics, and the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival for her second feature film, the documentary Dahomey. As an actress, she is known for the drama film 35 Shots of Rum (2008). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

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 fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on ...

A Thousand Suns

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2013 | 3.4/5 | 45min
Drama, Documentary
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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. ...

Atlantics

PG-13

2019 | 3.4/5 | 1h 44min
Drama, Romance / Love, Fantasy, Mystery
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Film following a Vietnamese director's wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscences. ...

Big in Vietnam

Certification unknown

2012 | 2.8/5 | 28min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Mati Diop

Knight of The National Order of The Lion European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year
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Movies with Mati Diop as Actress(10)

as Gabrielle2022 Both Sides of the Blade
as herself2020 In My Room
as Danièle2016 Hermia & Helena
as Justine2014 Fort Buchanan
as Stacey2014 L for Leisure
as Victoria2012 Simon Killer
2012 Fort Buchanan: Hiver
as Sita2011 Another World
2011 Sleepwalkers
as Joséphine2009 35 Shots of Rum

Movies with Mati Diop as Crew(22)

Directing/Director2024 Dahomey
Production/Producer2024 Dahomey
Writing/Writer2024 Dahomey
Production/Casting2024 Dahomey
Camera/Director of Photography2020 In My Room
Directing/Director2020 In My Room
Writing/Writer2020 In My Room
Directing/Director2019 Atlantics
Writing/Screenplay2019 Atlantics
Camera/Director of Photography2015 Liberian Boy
Directing/Director2015 Liberian Boy
Camera/Director of Photography2013 A Thousand Suns
Directing/Director2013 A Thousand Suns
Writing/Story2012 Simon Killer
Crew/Cinematography2012 Big in Vietnam
Directing/Director2012 Big in Vietnam
Writing/Writer2012 Big in Vietnam
Directing/Director2011 Snow Canon
Writing/Writer2011 Snow Canon
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Atlantiques
Directing/Director2009 Atlantiques
Sound/Sound2009 Atlantiques

Additional Information

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Full Name: Mati Diop
Citizenship: France
Born: Tuesday, 06/22 1982 (June) in Paris (France) (current age: 41 years + 309 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Father: Wasis Diop
Mother: Christine Brossart
Other names for Mati Diop (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"마티 디오프"
"Mati Clémentine Diop"
Mati Diop frequently works together with these people:
Judith Lou Lévy (7x, Crew)
Benjamin Crotty (6x, Crew)
Claire Denis (4x, Crew)
Aël Dallier Vega (4x, Crew)
Whitney Horn (4x, Crew)
Antonio Campos (4x, Crew)
Manon Lutanie (3x, Crew)
Nicolas Milteau (3x, Crew)
Lev Kalman (3x, Crew)
Arnaud de Moleron (3x, Crew)
Melvin Nkosi (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:489340, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024