Mambaye Coulibaly

Malian film director, composer and film editor
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Quick Facts

IntroMalian film director, composer and film editor
PlacesMali
wasFilm director Musician Composer Film editor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Music
Gender
Male
Birth2 May 1957, Kayes, Kayes Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Death7 February 2015Kayes, Kayes Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali (aged 57 years)
Star signTaurus
Education
Paris Nanterre University
Notable Works
La Geste de Ségou 
The details

Biography

Mambaye Coulibaly (1957-2015) was a Malian film director, who pioneered animation in African cinema.

Life

Mambaye Coulibaly was born on 2 May 1957 in Kayes. After studying law, he turned to film in 1987. La Geste de Ségou! (1989), for which Coulibaly also wrote the music, was an animated short film inspired by historical events in the Bambara Empire of Ségou. The Ivorian playwright Werewere Liking designed puppets for the film.

In 1996 Coulibaly started working on a feature-length animation project, Le Pouvoir de Ségou, a project relaunched in 2009 as part of the Euromédiatoon project. Unfortunately long-term illness prevented the film's completion. Coulibaly died on 7 February 2015 at Kayes.

Films

  • La Geste de Ségou!, 1989
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