Katy Lane Ndiaye

• Name — Katy Léna N'diaye • Born — 1979 • Birthplace — Thies, Senegal • Known for — Traces, empreintes de femmes (Traces, Women's Imprints, 2003), En attendant les hommes (Waiting for Men, 2007) • Occupation — * journalist • documentary filmmaker • screen writer • director • producer • actor • Citizenship — New York City

Born in Thies, Senegal, N'diaye grew up in Dakar. She has worked as a journalist for TV5 Monde, hosting a TV magazine Reflets Sud. In 2003 N'diaye directed her first documentary Traces on mural painting by Kassena women in Burkina Faso. In the documentary, three old women explain the content of the murals covering the reddish-clay huts to Anetina, a young unmarried woman. Awaiting for Men documented three older women talking as they painted the town wall in Oualata, an oasis town on the edge of the Sahara Desert in southeast Mauritania.

• Year — Film — Genre — Role — Duration (min) • 2003 — Traces, empreintes de femmes (Traces, Women's Imprints) — Documentary — Director, screenwriter — 55 m. • 2007 — En attendant les hommes (Waiting for Men) — Documentary — Director, screenwriter — 56 m. • 2018 — Amin by Philippe Faucon — Fiction feature — Actor — 91 m. • 2019 — On a le temps pour nous (Time is on our side) — Documentary — Director, screenwriter, co-producer — 67 m. • 2022 — L'argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA (Money, Freedom, a Story of CFA Franc) — Documentary — Director, producer — 101 m. • 2022 — Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) by Alassane Diago — Documentary — Producer — 105 m.