Director
Dyana Gaye
8 films
Dyana Gaye studied cinema at Université Paris-8 before finding critical acclaim with her first short film Une Femme pour Souleymane (2000). She then created several other shorts, including Deweneti (2006), which gained a top prize at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand short film festival, and the musical Saint Louis Blues (2009, Sundance, Locarno), both of which were nominated for a César award. Her first feature film, Under the Starry Sky (2014), was shot in Dakar, Turin and New York. She is co-curator of Tigritudes, a subjective and chronological anthology of Panafrican cinema. Gaye is now working on her next feature film, Studio Kebe, which will be a musical taking place in Senegal.
Best known for
Filmography 8
My Sole Desire
2023 · Metteuse en scéne
On Plex
Un conte de la Goutte d'or
2015 · Director
Under the Starry Sky
2014 · Screenplay, Director
Africa First: Volume One
2011 · Director
Saint Louis Blues
2009 · Director, Screenplay
Deweneti
2006 · Director
J'ai deux amours
2005 · Director
Une femme pour Souleymane
2000 · Director