Mati Diop

Director

Born: June 22, 1982 (43 years old)

Place of birth: Paris, France

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.

Filmography (15)

• 35 Shots of Rum (2009, ★ 6.8)
• Queens of Drama (2024, ★ 7.4)
• A Thousand Suns (2013, ★ 6.8)
• Simon Killer (2012, ★ 5.8)
• Fort Buchanan (2014, ★ 4.9)
• L for Leisure (2015, ★ 5.7)
• Hermia & Helena (2016, ★ 5.5)
• In My Room (2020, ★ 5.8)
• Dahomey (2024, ★ 6.6)
• Atlantics (2019, ★ 6.7)
• Both Sides of the Blade (2022, ★ 5.6)
• A History of Mutual Respect (2010, ★ 5.6)
• Atlantiques (2009, ★ 6)
• Snow Canon (2011, ★ 4.4)
• Liberian Boy (2015, ★ 4.4)