Djibril Kouyaté

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

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). 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 1999 Macadam tribu (Macadam Tribe) actor: Papa Sandu Feature film 1999 Walaha director TV series 2000 Code inconnu (Code Unknown) actor: Youssouf Feature film