Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Birthday:: 01/01/1961
Place of birth:: 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.

Credits

	Mambéty For Ever (2008) as Self
	Bye Bye Africa (2003) as Haroun

	Soumsoum, la nuit des astres Director
	Soumsoum, la nuit des astres Screenplay
	Lingui : les liens sacrés Director
	Lingui : les liens sacrés Screenplay
	Lac Director
	Talking About Trees Co-Producer
	Interdependence Director
	Une saison en France Director
	Une saison en France Writer
	Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne Director
	Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg Co-Director
	Grigris Director
	Grigris Writer
	Un homme qui crie Director
	Un homme qui crie Screenplay
	On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! Co-Director
	Expectations Director
	Sexe, gombo et beurre salé Director
	Sexe, gombo et beurre salé Writer
	Daratt Director
	Daratt Writer
	Daratt Producer
	Kalala Director
	Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity Director
	Scénarios d'Afrique: L'arbre et le vent Director
	Bye Bye Africa Writer
	Bye Bye Africa Director
	Bye Bye Africa Director of Photography
	أبونا Director
	أبونا Writer
	Letter from New York Director
	Un thé au sahel Director
	B 400 Director
	B 400 Writer
	Sotegui Kouyaté, un griot moderne Director
	Bord' Africa Director
	Goï-Goï Director
	Goï-Goï Writer
	Maral tanié Director
	Maral tanié Writer