Mohamed Camara

Mohamed Camara was born in 1959 in Conakry. He went to study business computing and banking at the University of Nanterre, where he earned a master's degree, trained in theatre, notably with Peter Brook, and built a career as an actor in France. Tired of the roles of bandits and street sweepers reserved for Black actors, he wrote his own screenplays and in 1993 directed a short film shot in Burkina Faso, which won awards at Ouagadougou and Clermont-Ferrand. Back in Guinea after twenty-five years in Paris, he headed the National Film Office, then the National Library, and retired in 2025.

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• Feature filmDakanMohamed Camara · 1997Cinema