Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Cinémavérité: Defi ning the Moment, Peter Wintonick),
author of commentary (1966 Terres africaines No. 2,
segment “Samba le Grand,” Moustapha Alassane), and
producer (1980 Théâtre de la jeune Lune, documentary,
Edgar Sobéron Torchia). He died in a car crash
at age eighty-six.
Filmography
1947 Au Pays des Mages noirs (documentary; short;
co-director with Jean Sauvy, Pierre Ponty; also
cinematographer)
La Chevelure magique (documentary; short)
Magiciens noirs / Ouanzerbe, Capitale de la Magie
/ Les Magiciens de Wenzebe (documentary;
medium-length; co-director with Marcel Griaule;
also producer, cinematographer)
1948 La Circoncision (documentary; short; also producer,
cinematographer)
Hombori (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
Initiation à la Danse des Possédés (documentary;
medium-length; also producer, cinematographer)
1950 Bataille sur le grand Fleuve (documentary;
short; also cinematographer)
1955 Les Maîtres Fous (documentary; mediumlength;
also screenwriter, cinematographer,
narrator)
Ma Mère l’Eau (documentary; short)
1956 Mamy Water / La Pêche et le Culte de la Mer
(documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)
1957 Baby Ghana (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
1958 Les Fils de l’Eau (fi ve documentary shorts: “La
Chasse à l’Hippopotame,” shot in 1947; “La
Circoncision,” shot in 1948; “Cimetière dans
la Falaise,” “Les Gens du Mil,” “Yenendi, les
Hommes qui font la Pluie,” shot in 1951; also
screenwriter, author of commentary, cinematographer,
narrator)
Sakpata (documentary; short; co-director
with Gilbert Rouget; also cinematographer)
La royale Goumbé (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
Moro Naba (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
Les Fils de l’Eau (documentary; short)
1959 Moi un Noir / Treichville / UK: I, a Negro (documentary;
also screenwriter, cinematographer)
1960 Hampi (short)
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1961 Les Ballets du Niger (documentary; short; also
cinematographer)
La Pyramide humaine (documentary; also
screenwriter, cinematographer; shot in 1959)
Chronique d’un Eté / UK and USA: Chronicle of
a Summer / Chronicle of a Summer, Paris 1960
(documentary; co-director with Edgar Morin;
also screenwriter, actor)
1962 Urbanisme africain (documentary; short)
Les Pêcheurs du Niger (documentary; short;
also cinematographer)
Fêtes de l’Indépendance du Niger (documentary;
short; also cinematographer)
Le Mil (documentary; short)
Abidjan, Port de Pêche (documentary; short;
also cinematographer)
1963 Rose et Landry (documentary; short; co-director
with Jacques Godbout)
Le Palmier à Huile (documentary; short; also
cinematographer)
Monsieur Albert Prophète (documentary; medium-length;
co-director with Jean Ravel; also
screenwriter, author of commentary, cinematographer,
narrator)
Les Cocotiers (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
1964 La Punition (documentary; also screenwriter;
shot in 1960; released on TV in 1960)
La Fleur de l’Âge, ou Les Adolescentes / Le adolescenti
/ Shishunki / UK and USA: That Tender
Age (segment “Les Adolescentes / Les Veuves
de Quinze Ans”; France / Italy / Japan)
1965 Paris vu par . . . / UK and USA: Six in Paris
(segment “Gare du Nord”; also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
Tambours de Pierre (documentary; short; also
cinematographer)
Tambours et Violons des Chasseurs de Songhay
(documentary; short; also cinematographer)
Jackville (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
Festival de Dakar (documentary; short; also
cinematographer; shot in 1963)
Alpha noir (documentary; short; also cinematographer)
L’Afrique et la Recherche scientifi que (documentary;
short)
Musique et Danse de chasseurs Gow (documentary;
short)
1966 Sigui Année Zéro (documentary; short; also
cinematographer)