Issa Serge Coelo (born 1967) is a
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
ian
film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
. Born in
Biltine, Chad, he studied history in Paris and film at the
École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle (ÉSRA). He then worked as a cameraman at
Métropole Télévision,
France 3
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,
TV5MONDE
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and
CFI before creating the 1994 short film ''
Un taxi pour Aouzou''. The film was well-received, being nominated for a 1997
César Award Cesar or César may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* César (film), ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama
* César (film), ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* Cesar Department, Colombia
* Cesar R ...
in the category
Best Short Film - Fiction. This was followed by the feature films ''
Daresalam'' (2000) and ''
Tartina City'' (2006). He also portrayed himself in the 1999 film ''
Bye Bye Africa'', which was directed by Chad's other prominent director
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (; ) was born in 1961 in Abéché, Chad. He is a film director from Chad. 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 ...
.
External links
*
''Daresalam'' with brief director bio from diplomatie.gouv.fr
Chadian film directors
1967 births
Living people
People from Wadi Fira Region
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