Clarence Thomas Delgado

Senegalese film director, screenwriter and film producer

Clarence Thomas Delgado

Born|  (1953-08-09) 9 August 1953 (age 71)
Dakar, Senegal
Occupation| Film director, film producer, screenwriter, camera operator and actor
Nationality| Senegalese
Notable works| Movies Niiwam (1988), L'appel des arènes (2005), and Que le Père soit (2021).

Clarence Thomas Delgado (born in Dakar in 1953) is a Senegalese film director, film producer, screenwriter and camera operator.[1]

## Biography

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Delgado was born in Dakar to a family originating in Cape Verde and went to primary and secondary school in Dakar.[2] 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).[2]

Later, Delgado was assistant director for several short and feature films,[3] 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).[2] 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).[2][4][5]

## Filmography

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Delgado's films include:[6][4]

Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min)

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1981 | En résidence surveillée
by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | Political fiction feature film | Assistant[2] | 100 m
1987 | Camp de Thiaroye
by Ousmane Sembène | Historical drama feature | Assistant Director | 157 m
1988 | Niiwam | Drama fiction feature, adaptation of a
short story by Ousmane Sembène | Director, screenwriter | 88 m
1996 | Les Caprices d'un fleuve
by Bernard Giraudeau | Historical drama feature | Assistant director | 111 m
1997 | TGV
by Moussa Touré | Comedy drama feature | Actor | 90 m
1999 | Héroïsme au quotidien
by Ousmane Sembène | Drama short | Assistant director |
2002 | Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakar
by Med Hondo | Drama fiction feature | Co-producer | 89 or 93 m
2004 | Moolaadé
by Ousmane Sembène | Drama fiction feature | Assistant director | 120 m
2005 | L'Appel des arènes
by Cheikh Ndiaye (fr) | Drama fiction feature, adaptation of
the 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[7] | Drama fiction feature | Director | 110 m

## Award

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Film | Festival | Award

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Niiwam | Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM, fr) | 1991 Winner OCIC Award (SIGNIS)[6]

## See also

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* Cinema of Senegal

## Bibliography

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* Pfaff, Françoise (2010). "Clarence Delgado". A l'écoute du cinéma sénégalais. Collection images plurielles (in French). Paris: Éditions L'Harmattan. pp. 99–108. ISBN 9782296103528. OCLC 795438372. Short biography and an interview with Delgado.

## References

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1. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 57\. ISBN 0-253-35116-2. Delgado's name is misspelled as "Delgardo".
2. ^ a b c d e Pfaff 2010.
3. ^ "Les cinémas d'Afrique. réalisateurs. Clarence T. DELGADO". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). TV5MONDE France Belgique Suisse (FBS). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
4. ^ a b "Clarence Thomas Delgado Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, Co-producteur/trice, Assistant/e réalisateur". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023. "Après une formation en réalisation et production à l'école de cinéma de Lisbonne (Portugal), il s'est formé comme opérateur de prises de vues au Centre de la Radio Télévision Algérienne (1977). (Translation: After an education in film direction and production at the Lisbon film school (Portugal), he trained as a camera operator with the Algerian Radio Television Center.)"
5. ^ "Clarence Thomas Delgado Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, Co-producteur/trice, Assistant/e réalisateur. Sénégal". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
6. ^ a b Clarence Thomas Delgado at IMDb
7. ^ "UN NOUVEAU LONG MÉTRAGE DE CLARENCE DELGADO, 29 ANS APRÈS SON DERNIER FILM". faapa.info (in French). Fédération Atlantique des Agences de Presse Africaine (Atlantic Fereration of African Press Agencies). Retrieved 16 November 2023.

## External links

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### Videos

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* Film Niiwam 1991 - Une nouvelle d' Ousmane Sembène on YouTube. Video duration 1h 10m 25s. Uploader Roomnart 2022.
* Film senegalais - L'APPEL DES ARÈNES Avec Mohamed Ndao Tyson , Tapha Gueye , Aziz Ndiaye (2005 ) on YouTube. Video duration 1h 45m 21s. Uploader Armand Sene 2023.
* L'appel des arènes (trailer) on YouTube. Video duration 1m 16s. Uploader paris4art 2009.
* Avant premier film "Que le père soit !" on YouTube. Video duration 15m 02s. Uploader Actu7News 2022. Film Premiere of Delgado's Que le Père soit at a Pathé cinema in Dakar. French spoken.