Dyana Gaye
- Directing
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.
Known for
Filmography
- My Sole Desire · Metteuse en scéne
- Un conte de la Goutte d'or · Director
- Under the Starry Sky · Screenplay, Director
- Africa First: Volume One · Director
- Saint Louis Blues · Director, Screenplay
- Deweneti · Director
- J'ai deux amours · Director
- Une femme pour Souleymane · Director, Scenario Writer