Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Jan 1, 1961 - Abéché, Chad

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: ​[ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Stylistically restrained but loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight.

He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.

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Movie2003Bye Bye AfricaHaroun
TV Show2021FC UnitedSelf1
TV Show2021Exterminate All the Brutes1

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Movie2006Dry SeasonDirectorDirecting
Movie2021Lingui: The Sacred BondsDirectorDirecting
Movie2006Dry SeasonProducerProduction
Movie2010A Screaming ManDirectorDirecting
Movie2010A Screaming ManScreenplayWriting
Movie1995Bord' AfricaDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Un thé au sahelDirectorDirecting
Movie2001Letter from New YorkDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Scenarios from Africa: African SolidarityDirectorDirecting
Movie2010On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!Co-DirectorDirecting
Movie2014Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de StrasbourgCo-DirectorDirecting
Movie2013GrigrisDirectorDirecting
Movie2019Talking About TreesCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1995Goï-GoïDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Maral taniéDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Bye Bye AfricaWriterWriting
Movie2002AbounaWriterWriting
Movie2013GrigrisWriterWriting
Movie2021Lingui: The Sacred BondsScreenplayWriting
Movie2008ExpectationsDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Sex, Okra & Salted ButterDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Sex, Okra & Salted ButterWriterWriting
Movie2006Dry SeasonWriterWriting
Movie2003Bye Bye AfricaDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Hissein Habré, A Chadian TragedyDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Bye Bye AfricaDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1995Goï-GoïWriterWriting
Movie1994Maral taniéWriterWriting
Movie2018A Season in FranceDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the WindDirectorDirecting
Movie2018A Season in FranceWriterWriting
Movie1997B 400DirectorDirecting
Movie1997B 400WriterWriting
Movie1996Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griotDirectorDirecting
Movie2006KalalaDirectorDirecting
Movie2019LacDirectorDirecting
Movie2019InterdependenceDirectorDirecting
MovieN/ASoumsoum, la nuit des astresDirectorDirecting
MovieN/ASoumsoum, la nuit des astresScreenplayWriting