
Mati Diop
Known for directing · Born 22 June 1982 · 44 · Paris, France
29 credits
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

Atlantics
2019

Simon Killer
2012

35 Shots of Rum
2009

Dahomey
2024

Atlantiques
2009

In My Room
2020

Hermia & Helena
2016

A Thousand Suns
2013

Snow Canon
2011
Big in Vietnam
Big in Vietnam
2012

Liberian Boy
2015

Both Sides of the Blade
2022
Acting (15)
2024Queens of DramaMimi's MotherFilm
2022Both Sides of the BladeGabrielleFilm
2020In My RoomHerselfFilm
2016Hermia & HelenaDanièleFilm
2016Clique TalkSelfSeries
2015L for LeisureStaceyFilm
2014Fort BuchananJustineFilm
2012Simon KillerNouraFilm
2012Fort Buchanan: HiverFilm
2011Another WorldSitaFilm
2011Bye ByeJehanneFilm
2011SleepwalkersFilm
2010A History of Mutual RespectFilm
2010Yoshido (The Other Life)AmyFilm
200935 Shots of RumJoséphineFilm
Directing (12)
2022Naked BlueDirector, Director of Photography, EditorFilm
2020In My RoomDirector, Writer, Director of PhotographyFilm
2019AtlanticsDirector, Screenplay, CastingFilm
201930th anniversaire of FIDMarseilleDirectorFilm
2017OlympusDirectorFilm
2015Liberian BoyDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
2015Limbo Visions 1DirectorFilm
2013A Thousand SunsDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
2012Big in VietnamDirector, Cinematography, WriterFilm
2011Snow CanonDirector, WriterFilm
2009AtlantiquesDirector, Sound, Director of Photography, WriterFilm
2006Île artificielle—ExpéditionDirectorFilm
Production (1)
2024DahomeyProducer, Writer, Casting, DirectorFilm
Writing (1)
2012Simon KillerStoryFilm