Mati Diop

4 titles·Since 2009

June 22, 1982 · Paris, France

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 (4)

Dahomey

2024 · Director

Atlantics

2019 · Director

Simon Killer

2012 · Noura

35 Shots of Rum

2009 · Joséphine

June 22, 1982 · Paris, France

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.