Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Mahamat Saleh Haroun is a Chadian director and writer born in Abéché, Chad. His first feature film, *Bye-bye Africa*, was released in 1999. His filmography also includes *Abouna*, *Daratt*, *A Screaming Man*, *Grigris*, and *Lingui*. *A Screaming Man* won the 2010 Cannes Jury Prize, and Haroun served on the festival’s Official Jury in 2011.