Djibril Kouyaté

Djibril Kouyaté (Arabic: جبريل كوياتي born 1942), is a Malian filmmaker and actor.^[1][2] He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed feature films such as The return of Tieman, Tiefing and Walaha.^[3][4]

Djibril Kouyaté جبريل كوياتي
Born	Djibril Kouyaté 1942 Bamako, Mali
Nationality	Malian
Occupation(s)	Director, assistant director, costume designer
Years active	1967–present

Personal life

He was born in 1942 in Bamako, Mali.

Career

In 1969, he made the maiden directorial debut with l'artisanat. Then he made the film Le retour de Tieman (1970), Le drapeau noir au sud du berceau (1976) and Le Mali aujourd'hui (1978). As an actor, he acted in the films: Verloren Maandag (1974), Ta Dona (1991), and Macadam tribu (1999).^[5] In 2000, he acted in the critically acclaimed film Code inconnu in which his character as 'Youssouf' was highly praised.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
1969	l'artisanat (Arts and crafts)	director	Feature film
1970	Le retour de Tieman (The return of Tieman)	director	Feature film
1974	Verloren Maandag	actor	Feature film
1976	Le drapeau noir au sud du berceau (The Black Flag South of The Cradle)	director	Feature film
1978	Le Mali aujourd'hui (Mali today)	director	Feature film
1991	Ta Dona (Your Dona)	actor: Samou	Feature film
1992	Depte (Deposit)	director	Feature film
1993	Tiefing	director, script	Feature film	[6]
1999	Macadam tribu (Macadam Tribe)	actor: Papa Sandu	Feature film
1999	Walaha	director	TV series
2000	Code inconnu (Code Unknown)	actor: Youssouf	Feature film	[7]