Djibril Kouyaté (

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: جبريل كوياتي born 1942), is a

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

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and

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. 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 Bamako is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamak ...

, 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kouyaté, Djibril Living people Malian film directors 1942 births People from Bamako 21st-century Malian people Malian male actors