# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ousmane-sembene
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:31.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ousmane-sembene"
name: "Ousmane Sembène"
slug: "ousmane-sembene"
description: "Ousmane Sembène, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the \"father of African film\"."
tagline: "Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne_(1987)_by_Guenter_Prust.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: "1923-01-01"
deathDate: "2007-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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