Laurence Attali

Laurence ATTALI studied philosophy and cinema at Paris Sorbonne and theatre at Vincennes, before becoming an editor. She edited several features and documentaries before moving to directing in 1992. She made her first documentary, Mourtala Diop voyageur de l'art in Senegal. From 1999 she started making fiction films, such as Même le vent..., Baobab and Le déchaussé. Her films have been selected by numerous festivals, including the Venice Biennale, Locarno and Rotterdam. Attali obtained the Senegalese nationality in 2004.