Mama Keïta

Mama Keïta is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi.

Filmography

Keïta's films include:

Year	Film	Genre	Role	Duration
1981	Le Cafard	Short	Film director
1982	L'Oriental	Short	Film director
1985	Opus 1	Short	Film director
1988	Waps	Short	Film director
1991	Ragazzi	Romantic comedy feature	Film director, screen writer, co-producer	85 m
1993	1993 Nuit blanche	Short	Film director
1996	Choisis-toi un ami...	Drama fiction feature	Film director	90 m
1997	Le Onzième Commandement	Fiction feature	Film director, screen writer	80 m
1998	David Achkar, Une Étoile filante	Portrait documentary	Film director	21 m
2003	Le Fleuve	Comedy feature	Film director	90 m
2004	Le Transfert	Short	Film director
2004	Sur la route du fleuve	Documentary	Film director	52 m
2007	Le sourire du serpent	Thriller feature	Film director, screen writer	90 m
2009	L'Absence	Drama feature	Film director, screen writer, producer	84 m
2009	One More Vote for Obama	Drama short	Director	14 m
2009	One More Vote for Obama, part of Afrique vue par…	Drama short compilation	Director	100 m in total
2011	Le Bonheur d'Elza by Mariette Monpierre	Drama feature	Screen writer, co-producer	79 m
2019	A des Miles du paradis	Documentary feature, portrait of Miles Davis	Film director, screen writer, producer	100 m

Keïta's films won the following distinctions:

. Video duration 2m 02 s. Uploader MostraCinemaAfrica09, 2009. Feature film "L'absence" by MamaKeita 2008 Award for best screenplay Fespaco 2009 - Programmed at the 14th Mostra de Cinema Africà in Barcelona from November 6 to 12, 2009.
. Video duration 6 m 01s. Uploader KINA TV, 2013. Keïta explains his cinematic vision. French spoken.