Thierno Faty Sow
Thierno Faty Sow was a Senegalese filmmaker, screenwriter and actor.
Biography
Born in 1941 in Thiès, Senegal, Sow studied filmmaking in Paris at the and subsequently worked in French and Senegalese television. He directed documentary shorts and three feature films on his own: Guereo, village de Djibril N'Diaye, L'Option / Mon beau pays, and L'Œil. Sow is best known for the historical drama film Camp de Thiaroye about the Thiaroye massacre near Dakar on December 1, 1944, which he cowrote and codirected with Ousmane Sembène. It won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 45th Venice International Film Festival in 1988.Sow also performed as a movie actor in two feature films, Nuit africaine by Gérard Guillaume and cowriters Gaston Kaboré and Lapeyssonie, and Guelwaar by Ousmane Sembène.
Sow died from illness in Dakar on December 6, 2009.
Filmography
Sow's films include:| Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration |
| 1970 | La journée de Djibril N'Diaye - Journée d'un paysan sénégalais | Biography feature | Director | 60 min |
| 1970 | Guereo, village de Djibril N'Diaye | Feature in black and white | Director | 90 min |
| 1974 | L'Option / Mon beau pays | Biography feature, Wolof spoken | Director | 90 min |
| 1976 | Adios by André Michel | Television miniseries | Second Unit or Assistant Director for 1 episode | 90 min |
| 1977 | Exode rural | Short | Director | |
| 1977 | Education sanitaire | Short documentary | Director | |
| 1977 | Feux de brousse/ Feu de brousse | Short | Director | |
| 1977 | Sunu Koppe | Short | Director | |
| 1981 | L'Œil | Historical feature | Director | 80 min |
| 1987 | Camp de Thiaroye | Historical drama feature | Screenwriter and Codirector with Ousmane Sembène | 148 or 157 min |
| 1990 | Nuit africaine by Gérard Guillaume | Historical feature, TV movie | Actor | 104 min |
| 1992 | Guelwaar, Légende africaine de l'Afrique du XXIe siècle by Ousmane Sembène | Feature | Actor | 115 min |