# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahamat-saleh-haroun
# Generated: 2026-08-16T06:47:52.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahamat-saleh-haroun"
name: "Mahamat Saleh Haroun"
slug: "mahamat-saleh-haroun"
description: "Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is a Chadian film director. Haroun is regarded as the first Chadian filmmaker to direct a feature-length film, and he typically serves as both writer and director on his projects. Although based in France, much of his work is set in and filmed in Chad."
tagline: "Chadian film director, producer and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahamat_Saleh_Haroun_at_Belinale_2026-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.48
  momentum:             11.25
  historical:           22.16285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump