Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Abéché, Chad
Biography
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Movie · Director
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Movie · Director
Lac
Movie · Director
Interdependence
Movie · Director
A Season in France
Movie · Director
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
Movie · Director
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg
Movie · Co-Director
Grigris
Movie · Director
A Screaming Man
Movie · Director
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
Movie · Co-Director
Expectations
Movie · Director
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
Movie · Director
Dry Season
Movie · Director
Kalala
Movie · Director
Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity
Movie · Director
Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind
Movie · Director
Bye Bye Africa
Movie · Director
Our Father
Movie · Director
Letter from New York
Movie · Director
Un thé au sahel
Movie · Director
B 400
Movie · Director
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
Movie · Director
Bord' Africa
Movie · Director
Goï-Goï
Movie · Director
Maral tanié
Movie · Director