Person

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Directing · Born 1961-01-01 · Abéché, Chad

Biography

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.

Known for

Filmography

2026Soumsoum, the Night of the StarsDirector
2021Lingui, the Sacred BondsDirector
2021FC UnitedSelf
2021Exterminate All the Brutes
2019LacDirector
2019Talking About TreesCo-Producer
2019InterdependenceDirector
2018A Season in FranceDirector
2016Hissein Habré, A Chadian TragedyDirector
2014Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de StrasbourgCo-Director
2013GrigrisDirector
2010A Screaming ManDirector
2010On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!Co-Director
2008ExpectationsDirector
2008Sex, Okra & Salted ButterWriter
2008Mambéty For EverSelf
2006Dry SeasonDirector
2006KalalaDirector
2004Scenarios from Africa: African SolidarityDirector
2004Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the WindDirector
2003Bye Bye AfricaHaroun
2002Our FatherDirector
2001Letter from New YorkDirector
1998Un thé au sahelDirector
1997B 400Director
1996Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griotDirector
1995Bord' AfricaDirector
1995Goï-GoïDirector
1994Maral taniéDirector

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