Английская Википедия:Charles Mensah

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Charles Mensah (Arabic: تشارلز منساه) was a Gabonese filmmaker, screenwriter and production manager. Popularly known as "The Gentleman of African Cinemas", Mensah contributed in several critically acclaimed documentaries including Équateur, Les Couilles de l'éléphant and Lybek, the crunch of the alive.[1] He worked as an activist for the development of independent southern cinema for a career spanned more than three decades.[2]

Personal life

He was born on 1948 in Omboué, Gabon. He died on 3 June 2011, at the age of 63.[2]

Career

In 1976, he made his first fiction, Obali co-produced with Pierre-Marie Ndong. Then in 1977 he made the second venture Ayouma co-produced with Ndong and Patience Dabany. With the success at film making, Mensah got involved in production, this time with the film Équateur, signed Serge Gainsbourg. Along with renowned filmmaker Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi in 1995, Mensah involved in the television serial L'Auberge du Salut, a full Gabonese film.[1]

As executive producer, Mensah participated in numerous productions including: Le Damier de Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda in 1996, Dôlè (l'Argent) by Imunga Iwanga in 2000, Les Couilles de l'éléphant in 2001 and N'Djamena City directed by Issa Serge Coelo in 2006. He also involved in short documentary on Lybek, le crunch du vivant. Until 2009, he held the position of Director General of the National Center of Gabonese Cinema (CENACI), which is currently known as Gabonese Institute of Image and Sound (IGIS). In the same year, he became the president of Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) as well as in Film Assistance Fund Commission of the International Francophone Organization. In 2011, he worked in Bididi's Le collier du Makoko which gained international recognition including Cannes inclusion.[1][2]

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1976 Obali producer film [3]
1983 Ayouma producer film [4]
1983 Équateur
(Ecuador)
producer film
1983 L'Auberge du Salut
(The Auberge du Salut)
producer TV series
1996 Le Damier de Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda
(The Checkerboard of Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda)
executive producer film
2000 Dôlè (l'Argent)
(Dôlè (Money))
executive producer film
2001 Les Couilles de l'éléphant
(The Balls of the Elephant)
executive producer film
2006 N'Djamena City executive producer film
2009 Lybek, le crunch du vivant
(Lybek, the crunch of the alive)
executive producer film
2011 Le collier du Makoko
(The Makoko Necklace)
producer film

References

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External links

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