Cheick Fantamady Camara (1960 – January 7, 2017) was an award-winning Guinean film director. He was the director of two short films and two feature films. His 2006 film ''

Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry ''Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry '' is a 2007 French film. Synopsis BB works as a political cartoonist at a liberal newspaper and is in love with the boss' lovely, talented computer scientist daughter, Kesso. But his choice meets with stiff oppos ...

'' won the 2007

Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It ...

in Burkina Faso and the 2008 Prix Ousmane Sembène at the

Khouribga Khouribga ( ber, ⵅⵯⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ, xʷribga; ar, خريبڭة, ḵurībga, ) is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Regions of Morocco, region, Morocco. With a population of 196,196 (2014 census), Khouribga owes i ...

African Cinema Festival in Morocco.

Early life

Cheick Fantamady Camara was born in 1960 in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

, Guinea. While living in France in his 40s, he took a course in screenwriting at the

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, graduating in 1997. A year later, in 1998, he studied film directing at the

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Career

Camara began by directing two short films: ''Konorofili'' in 2000 and ''Bé Kunko'' in 2004. He subsequently directed two feature films: ''Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry'' in 2006 and ''Morbayssa'' in 2010. Camara won the Prix RFI du Public at the 2007

in Burkina Faso and the 2008 Prix Ousmane Sembène at the

Khouribga African Cinema Festival Khouribga ( ber, ⵅⵯⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ, xʷribga; ar, خريبڭة, ḵurībga, ) is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco. With a population of 196,196 (2014 census), Khouribga owes its growth to the pho ...

in Morocco for ''Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry''.

Death

Camara died on January 7, 2017, at the age of 57.

References

External links

* 1960 births 2017 deaths People from Conakry Guinean expatriates in France Guinean film directors {{Africa-film-director-stub