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Dyana Gaye

Directing

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Directed credits

6

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TMDB popularity

0.1

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1198780

IMDb ID: nm1441432

Known for: Directing

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2015

Years active: 16

Wikidata: Q3041903

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Director (6)Screenplay (1)

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.

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