Bouna Medoune Seye

The set of Seye's first short film Bandit Cinéma in front of the Corona cinema, Dakar, 1992.

Bouna Medoune Seye (also Bouna Médoune Sèye, 19 October 1956 – 27 December 2017) was a Senegalese painter, photographer, costume designer and filmmaker.

Biography Born in Dakar, Senegal, he studied in Marseilles, France, and photographed the tramps on the streets of Dakar for five years. He then started out in cinema as an art director and later film director.

Filmography Sèye was involved in a number of films including: 1994 Bandit Cinéma, short drama, 24 minutes, director and screen writer 1994 Flora Gomes: A Mascara (Le Masque), set photographer 1995 Saï Saï By – dans les Tapas de Dakar, 13 minutes, director 1995 Les pieds dans les rues de Dakar, director 1995 Gahité Fofana: Témèdi, art director 1996 Rouge feu, director 1997 Moussa Sene Absa: Tableau Ferraille, production designer 1998 Zone Rap, documentary, 52 minutes, director 2007 Léandre-Alain Baker: Ramata, costume designer

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