Sylvestre Amoussou

Sylvestre Amoussou (born 31 December 1964) is a Beninese film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his 2006 film Africa Paradis, a satire on immigration.

Early life Sylvestre Amoussou was born 31 December 1964 in Benin, later moving to France.

Career Amoussou was a stage, film, and television actor in France. He had roles in (1988), Elisa (1995), , and Paris selon Moussa (2003).

His 2017 anti-colonial film L'orage africain: un continent sous influence (The African Storm, 2017) received an enthusiastic reception from audiences at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FEPASCO) and received the festival's Silver Stallion of Yennenga award.

Selected filmography As actor (1988) Elisa (1995)

Paris selon Moussa (2003) En place (Represent, 2023) As director Les Scorpionnes (1997, short film) Achille (1999, a series of 3 episodes) Africa Paradis le court-métrage (2001, short film) L'Argent Sale (2003) Africa paradis, 2006 (director) Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruption (One Step Forward - The Bottom of Corruption, 2011) L'orage africain: un continent sous influence (The African Storm, 2017)