Cheick Fantamady Camara (1960 – January 7, 2017) was an award-winning Guinean film director. He was the director of two short films and two feature films. His 2006 film ''
Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry'' won the 2007
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chief ...
in Burkina Faso and the 2008 Prix Ousmane Sembène at the
Khouribga
Khouribga (Moroccan , ) is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco. With a population of 342,125 (2024 census), Khouribga owes its growth to the phosphate deposits nearby.
Geography
Located at 107 km ...
African Cinema Festival in Morocco.
Early life
Cheick Fantamady Camara was born in 1960 in
Conakry
Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973.
The current population of C ...
, Guinea.
While living in France in his 40s, he took a course in screenwriting at the
Institut national de l'audiovisuel, graduating in 1997.
A year later, in 1998, he studied film directing at the
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
The École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière (; ENS Louis-Lumière) offers theoretical, practical as well as technical and artistic education and training for those wishing to go into the various branches of the audiovisual industry in Franc ...
.
Career
Camara began by directing two short films: ''Konorofili'' in 2000 and ''Bé Kunko'' in 2004.
He subsequently directed two feature films: ''Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry'' in 2006 and ''Morbayssa'' in 2010.
Camara won the Prix RFI du Public at the 2007
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chief ...
in Burkina Faso and the 2008 Prix Ousmane Sembène at the
Khouribga African Cinema Festival in Morocco for ''Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry''.
Death
Camara died on January 7, 2017, at the age of 57.
References
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1960 births
2017 deaths
People from Conakry
Guinean expatriates in France
Guinean film directors
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière alumni
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