Clarence Thomas Delgado (born in Dakar in 1953) is a Senegalese film director, film producer, screenwriter and camera operator. Delgado's name is misspelled as "Delgardo".
Biography Delgado was born in Dakar to a family originating in Cape Verde and went to primary and secondary school in Dakar.Pfaff 2010. He joined his uncle first in Switzerland and later in Portugal, where his uncle was Senegalese ambassador. Delgado then worked as a camera operator at the Algerian Radio Television Center (Radiodiffusion-télévision algérienne, RTA) in 1977 and studied directing and production at the Portuguese Cinema Institute in Lisbon. After returning to Senegal, he assisted Paulin Soumanou Vieyra making his movie En résidence surveillé (Under house arrest, 1981).
Later, Delgado was assistant director for several short and feature films, including Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène, 1987), Les Caprices d'un rivière (Bernard Giraudeau, 1996) and Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004), and produced L'Appel des arènes (Cheikh Ndiaye, 2005). He wrote the scenario and directed his feature film Niiwam (1988), an adaptation of a short story by Ousmane Sembène, which was awarded the OCIC Award at the 1991 Amiens International Film Festival. Clarence Delgado was a president of the Cinéastes Sénégalais Associés organisation (Associated Senegalese Filmmakers, CINESEAS).
Filmography Delgado's films include: Year Film Genre Role Duration (min) 1981 En résidence surveilléeby Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Political fiction feature film Assistant 100 m 1987 Camp de Thiaroyeby Ousmane Sembène Historical drama feature Assistant Director 157 m 1988 Niiwam Drama fiction feature, adaptation of ashort story by Ousmane Sembène Director, screenwriter 88 m 1996 Les Caprices d'un fleuveby Bernard Giraudeau Historical drama feature Assistant director 111 m 1997 TGVby Moussa Touré Comedy drama feature Actor 90 m 1999 Héroïsme au quotidienby Ousmane Sembène Drama short Assistant director 2002 Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakarby Med Hondo Drama fiction feature Co-producer 89 or 93 m 2004 Moolaadéby Ousmane Sembène Drama fiction feature Assistant director 120 m 2005 L'Appel des arènesby Drama fiction feature, adaptation ofthe novel by Aminata Sow Fall Assistant director, co-screenwriter,co-producer 105 m 2012 Moi Zaphira !by Apolline Traoré Drama fiction feature Assistant director 102 m 2015 Lune est tombée (La)by Gahité Fofana Drama fiction feature Assistant director 77 m 2021 Que le Père soit Drama fiction feature Director 110 m
Award Film Festival Award Niiwam Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) 1991 Winner OCIC Award (SIGNIS)
See also Cinema of Senegal
Bibliography Short biography and an interview with Delgado.
References
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