Edouard Sailly
Edouard Sailly was a pioneering Chadian film director, "the first filmmaker in Chad".
Edouard Sailly
- Name
- Edouard Sailly
- Born
- April 20, 1941
- Birthplace
- Abéché Chad
- Died
- September 08, 2010
- Place of death
- N'Djamena Chad
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Chad
- Education
- Les Actualités françaises
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• Name — Edouard Sailly • Born — April 20, 1941 • Birthplace — Abéché Chad • Died — September 08, 2010 • Place of death — N'Djamena Chad • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter • Years Active — 1964-2010 • Notable Works — * Pêcheurs du Chari [The Fishermen of Chari], 1964 • Le Lac Chad [Lake Chad], 1966 • Les abattoirs de Forchia [The Slaughterhouses of Forchia], 1966 • Salam el Kebir, 1966 • Largeau, 1966 • Le Troisième Jour [The Third Day, 1967 • L'enfant du Tchad [Child of Chad], 1972 • A la decouverte du Tchad, 1972
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Life
Sailly trained in France with Actualités Françaises. In the 1960s and early 1970s he made a series of short, mostly ethnographic, documentary films.
Filmography
Filmography
• Pêcheurs du Chari [The Fishermen of Chari], 1964 • Le Lac Chad [Lake Chad], 1966 • Les abattoirs de Forchia [The Slaughterhouses of Forchia], 1966 • Salam el Kebir, 1966 • Largeau, 1966 • Le Troisième Jour [The Third Day, 1967 • L'enfant du Tchad [Child of Chad], 1972 • A la decouverte du Tchad, 1972
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1941
Edouard Sailly born.
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