Director (France / Senegal)

Born in Paris in 1975, graduated from the University of Paris VIII - Saint-Denis with a Master of Film Studies. In 1999, she won the Scholarship Louis Lumière - Villa Medicis Hors les murs for her screenplay "Une femme pour Souleymane" and which will obtain numerous awards at international festivals. Meanwhile, Dyana Gaye worked as a programmer to ACID (Agency for the Independent Film Distribution) for several years. In 2004, she realized ''J’ai deux amours'' that is part of a series of 15 short films titled ''Paris, la métisse''. His latest short film, "Deweneti" has received numerous awards and was nominated for the Ceasar for short film in 2008.

Filmography



  • Un Transport en Commun, 2010

  • Deweneti, 2006

  • J’ai deux amours, 2005

  • Une femme pour Souleymane, 2000

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