Portrait of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Directing

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Career

Active from 1994 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Melancholic Atmosphere 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 78
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars (2026)

Director, Screenplay

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay, Director

Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

2010s

9 titles · average score 68
Interdependence
Interdependence (2019)

Director

Talking About Trees
Talking About Trees (2019)
GoodWatch score 90

Co-Producer

Lac
Lac (2019)

Director

A Season in France
A Season in France (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg (2014)

Co-Director

Grigris
Grigris (2013)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Writer

A Screaming Man
A Screaming Man (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (2010)

Co-Director

2000s

9 titles · average score 66
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (2008)

Writer, Director

Expectations
Expectations (2008)

Director

Dry Season
Dry Season (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer, Director

Kalala
Kalala (2006)

Director

Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity
Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity (2004)

Director

Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind
Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind (2004)

Director

Bye Bye Africa
Bye Bye Africa (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Haroun

Our Father
Our Father (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

Letter from New York
Letter from New York (2001)

Director

1990s

6 titles
Un thé au sahel
Un thé au sahel (1998)

Director

B 400
B 400 (1997)

Writer, Director

Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (1996)

Director

Goï-Goï
Goï-Goï (1995)

Writer, Director

Bord' Africa
Bord' Africa (1995)

Director

Maral tanié
Maral tanié (1994)

Director, Writer