
Person
Dyana Gaye
Directing
Biography
Dyana Gaye studied cinema at Université Paris-8 before finding critical acclaim with her first short film Une Femme pour Souleymane (2000). She then created several other shorts, including Deweneti (2006), which gained a top prize at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand short film festival, and the musical Saint Louis Blues (2009, Sundance, Locarno), both of which were nominated for a César award. Her first feature film, Under the Starry Sky (2014), was shot in Dakar, Turin and New York. She is co-curator of Tigritudes, a subjective and chronological anthology of Panafrican cinema. Gaye is now working on her next feature film, Studio Kebe, which will be a musical taking place in Senegal.
Known for

Under the Starry Sky
Screenplay

Deweneti
Director

Une femme pour Souleymane
Director

Saint Louis Blues
Director

Africa First: Volume One
Director

J'ai deux amours
Director

Un conte de la Goutte d'or
Director
Filmography
- 2015Un conte de la Goutte d'orDirector
- 2014Under the Starry SkyScreenplay
- 2011Africa First: Volume OneDirector
- 2009Saint Louis BluesDirector
- 2006DewenetiDirector
- 2005J'ai deux amoursDirector
- 2000Une femme pour SouleymaneDirector
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