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