Mati Diop
Director
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.
Filmography
Both Sides of the Blade
as Gabrielle 2022
Simon Killer
as Noura 2012
35 Shots of Rum
as Joséphine 2009
In My Room
as Herself 2020
Hermia & Helena
as Danièle 2016
Fort Buchanan
as Justine 2014
Queens of Drama
as Mimi's Mother 2024
A History of Mutual Respect
2010
L for Leisure
as Stacey 2015
Another World
as Sita 2011
Sleepwalkers
2011