Marcelin Bossou

Marcelin Bossou (born 3 May 1984) is a Togolese film director, film producer, and screenwriter.

Biography Bossou was born in Lomé, Togo in 1984. Bossou's father was the director of a theater company. Bossou studied telecommunications in the Ivory Coast and earned a Higher Technician Certificate. He worked for the private television channel Radio Télévision Delta Santé as a technician and later a director.

In 2008, he enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV) in Marrakesh, Morocco after receiving a scholarship. Bossou directed his first short films, La Bourse ou la vie and L'inconnu in 2010. It examines the burdens women face when getting married, including proving their virginity.

After graduation, Bossou directed L'anniversaire. In 2015, he directed Les deux frères. The film received the prize for best photography at the Clap Ivoire festival.

Bossou is currently working on his first feature film, Broken Drums, scheduled to be released in 2021. He teaches film analysis, writing and technique at the Higher School of Cinematography (ESEC) in Lomé.

Filmography 2010 : La Bourse ou la vie 2010 : L'inconnu 2012 : Nuit de Noces 2012 : L'anniversaire 2015 : Les deux frères 2017 : Brigitte 2017 : Une famille pas comme les autres 2019 : Broken-Drums 2019 : La vie de Daniel 2019 : Femme ébène