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Filmmaker · Gabon

Pierre-Marie Dong

Died in 2006

Pierre-Marie Dong was born in 1945 in Libreville. He made three short films from 1969 to 1971; the third, in which he is also actor and producer, brought him notice. After his first feature film, he was appointed head of Gabonese television, then returned to directing in the mid-1970s with three feature films, two of them written by Joséphine Bongo, the president's wife. He later chaired the Conseil national de la communication, became Minister of Culture in 2006 and died the same year.

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