Ladji Diakité

• Name — Ladji Diakité لادجي دياكيتي • Birth Name — Ladji Diakité • Birthplace — Bamako, Mali • Education — Ecole Normale Supérieure • Years Active — 1991–present • Occupation — Director, assistant director, costume designer

He was born in Bamako, Mali. Diakité obtained his master’s degree in literature from the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He also studied at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Film Production).

In 1991, he joined the film Ta Dona as the costume designer. Then in 1997, he worked in the film Taafé Fanga as the assistant director. In 2001, he directed maiden film La Rencontre des chasseurs. In 2006, he involved in the tele film Duel a Dafa. Then in 2007, he directed Duel à Dafa and then Fantan Fanga co-directed with Adama Drabo in 2009. The film received official selection of Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) 2009. Meanwhile, he became the head of Chief Production Division of the Centre national de la cinématographie du Mali (National Center of Cinematography of Mali: CNCM).

• Year — Film — Role — Genre — Ref. • 1991 — Ta Dona (Fire!) — costume designer — Feature film • 1997 — Taafé Fanga (Skirt Power) — assistant director — Feature film • 2001 — La Rencontre des chasseurs (The meeting of hunters) — director — Feature film • 2005 — Commissaire Balla — director — TV series • 2007 — Duel à Dafa — director — Tele film • 2009 — Fantan Fanga (Power of the Poor) — director — Feature film • 2010 — Concessions (Les) (The Concessions) — director — TV series • 2016 — Rêve d’or (Golden dream) — director — Documentary