Ben Diogaye Bèye

Ben Diogaye Bèye (born 1947) is a Senegalese filmwriter, filmmaker, film producer and journalist.He was the assistant director of nearly a dozen Senegalese films, including Touki Bouki with Djibril Diop Mambety, Baks with Momar Thiam, Sarah et Marjama with Axel Lohman, and the co-screenwriter of the latter two.[1] Educated in Paris, he was an apprentice of several noted Senegalese filmmakers, including Ousmane Sembène, Ababacar Samb, and Djibril Diop Mambety.[1] It was the runner up for the Best Screenplay Prize at a contest organized for the Francophone countries by the Agency for Technical and Cultural Cooperation.[2] It won the UNICEF Award for the Promotion of Children's Rights at the Pan-African Film Festival in 2005 and received a Special Mention from the World Catholic Association for Communication.
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