Born in 1961 in Kiffa, Mauritania.

After spending his childhood in Mali and returning briefly to Mauritania, he went to Russia to study Cinematography at the VGIK, the Moscow Federal Institute of Cinematography, from 1983 to 1989.
Né en 1961 à Kiffa, en Mauritanie.

1991       Le Jeu

1993        Octobre

1995        Le Chameau et les bâtons flottants

1996        Sabriya

1997        Rostov-Luanda

1998        Life On Earth (La Vie sur Terre)

2002        Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness)

2006        Bamako - DVD Edition: Blaq Out