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.

Directed

1. Atlantics (2019) — Director
2. Dahomey (2024) — Director
3. Atlantiques (2009) — Director
4. In My Room (2020) — Director
5. Snow Canon (2011) — Director
6. A Thousand Suns (2013) — Director
7. Big in Vietnam (2012) — Director
8. Liberian Boy (2015) — Director
9. Naked Blue (2022) — Director
10. Olympus (2017) — Director
11. Île artificielle—Expédition (2006) — Director
12. 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille (2019) — Director
13. Limbo Visions 1 (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Both Sides of the Blade (2022) — Gabrielle
2. Simon Killer (2012) — Noura
3. 35 Shots of Rum (2009) — Joséphine
4. In My Room (2020) — Herself
5. Hermia & Helena (2016) — Danièle
6. Queens of Drama (2024) — Mimi's Mother
7. Fort Buchanan (2014) — Justine
8. A History of Mutual Respect (2010)
9. L for Leisure (2015) — Stacey
10. Another World (2011) — Sita
11. Bye Bye (2011) — Jehanne
12. Sleepwalkers (2011)
13. Fort Buchanan: Hiver (2012)
14. Yoshido (The Other Life) (2010) — Amy
15. Clique Talk (2016) — Self