Mati Diop

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1982-06-22 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Mati Diop

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.

Acting

2009

35 Shots of Rum

as Joséphine

2012

Simon Killer

as Noura

2011

2014

Fort Buchanan

as Justine

2015

L for Leisure

as Stacey

2016

Hermia & Helena

as Danièle

2020

In My Room

as Herself

2022

2024

Queens of Drama

as Mimi's Mother

Production

2012

Big in Vietnam

as Director

2011

Snow Canon

as Director

2009

Atlantiques

as Director

2013

A Thousand Suns

as Director

2024

Dahomey

as Producer

2013

A Thousand Suns

as Director of Photography

2017

Olympus

as Director

2024

Dahomey

as Writer

2024

Dahomey

as Casting

2012

Simon Killer

as Story

2009

Atlantiques

as Sound

2024

Dahomey

as Director

2019

Atlantics

as Director

2015

Liberian Boy

as Director

2011

Snow Canon

as Writer

2009

Atlantiques

as Director of Photography

2023

Tokyo Trip

as Director

2019

Atlantics

as Screenplay

2012

2012

Big in Vietnam

as Cinematography

2015

Limbo Visions 1

as Director

2020

In My Room

as Director

2020

In My Room

as Writer

2020

In My Room

as Director of Photography

2015

Liberian Boy

as Director of Photography

2022

Naked Blue

as Director

2022

Naked Blue

as Director of Photography

2022

Naked Blue

as Editor

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