Blaise Senghor

Blaise Adolphe Antoine Marie Senghor was a Senegalese film director, screen writer and UNESCO Permanent Delegate and vice-chairman for Senegal.

Biography

Born in 1932 in Joal, Senegal, to René Senghor and Hélène Conté, Blaise Senghor was a nephew of the first president of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor. After attending the Lycée Van Vollenhoven at Dakar, he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris during 1958 - 1960. He obtained a in Languages and Classical literature, and a Bachelor of Arts as well.
As a filmmaker Blaise Senghor became known for Qui trop embrasse and Le grand Magal de Touba, documenting the eponymous Sufi Islamic festival. He acted in Senegal as an executive producer of Yves Ciampi's film Liberté I.
After a stroke made it impossible to continue a filmmaker, Senghor started working at the Senegalese Embassy in Paris. He served Senegal as a UNESCO Permanent Delegate in Paris and was one of the vice-chairmen of the executive board under the Senegalese Director-General Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow. He died on 6 October 1976 in Paris, France. The was named after him at its start in 1976.

Senghor's films include:

Year	Film	Genre	Role	Duration
1960	Qui trop embrasse	Drama/Crime, TV episode	Assistant director	90 min
1962	Le Grand Magal à Touba	Short, documentary	Director, screen writer with Thomas Diop	25 m
1962	Liberté I by Yves Ciampi	Drama	Producer	89 m
1974	Joal	Short	Director