Greatest African Directors (Ordered by Country and Time of Debut)
18 items • Updated 8/15/2024
This is a carefully researched list of directors to follow from the African Cinema Industries that should guide new members of the film-viewing fraternity
| 1 | ![]() | Idrissa Ouedraogo Director | |
| 2 | ![]() | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Director | |
| 3 | ![]() | Henry Barakat Director | |
| 4 | 👤 | Salah Abouseif Director | |
| 5 | 👤 | Fatin Abdel Wahab Director | |
| 6 | ![]() | Youssef Chahine Director | |
| 7 | ![]() | Hussein Kamal Director | |
| 8 | ![]() | Mohamed Khan Director | |
| 9 | 👤 | Atef El-Tayeb Director | |
| 10 | 👤 | Daoud Abdel Sayed Director | |
| 11 | 👤 | Sherif Arafa Director | |
| 12 | 👤 | Marwan Hamed Director | |
| 13 | ![]() | Amr Salama Director | |
| 14 | ![]() | Souleymane Cissé Director | |
| 15 | ![]() | Abderrahmane Sissako Director | |
| 16 | ![]() | Nabil Ayouch Producer | |
| 17 | ![]() | Ousmane Sembène Writer | |
| 18 | 👤 | Nacer Khemir Director |










