Clarence Thomas Delgado
Born (1953-08-09) 9 August 1953
Dakar, Senegal
OccupationFilm director, film producer, screenwriter, camera operator and actor
NationalitySenegalese
Notable worksMovies 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

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

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

YearFilmGenreRoleDuration (min)
1981En résidence surveillée
by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra		Political fiction feature filmAssistant[2]100 m
1987Camp de Thiaroye
by Ousmane Sembène		Historical drama featureAssistant Director157 m
1988NiiwamDrama fiction feature, adaptation of a
short story by Ousmane Sembène		Director, screenwriter88 m
1996Les Caprices d'un fleuve
by Bernard Giraudeau		Historical drama featureAssistant director111 m
1997TGV
by Moussa Touré		Comedy drama featureActor90 m
1999Héroïsme au quotidien
by Ousmane Sembène		Drama shortAssistant director
2002Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakar
by Med Hondo		Drama fiction featureCo-producer89 or 93 m
2004Moolaadé
by Ousmane Sembène		Drama fiction featureAssistant director120 m
2005L'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
2012Moi Zaphira !
by Apolline Traoré		Drama fiction featureAssistant director102 m
2015Lune est tombée (La)
by Gahité Fofana		Drama fiction featureAssistant director77 m
2021Que le Père soit[7]Drama fiction featureDirector110 m

Award

FilmFestivalAward
NiiwamAmiens International Film Festival (FIFAM, fr)1991 Winner OCIC Award (SIGNIS)[6]

See also

Bibliography

  • 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

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.

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