Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi

Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi (Arabic: هنري جوزيف كومبا بيديدي; born 15 July 1957), is a Gabonese filmmaker, screenwriter and television production manager primarily direct documentary films.[1] He has made several critically acclaimed documentaries including The King's Necklace and Le Singe Fou. Apart from direction, he also produced, wrote or directed several documents for television.[2][3]

Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi
هنري جوزيف كومبا بيديدي
Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2011
Born
Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi

(1957-07-15) 15 July 1957
Omboué, Gabon
NationalityGabonese
Alma materÉcole supérieure d'études cinématographiques
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screen writer
Years active1983–present

Personal life

He was born on 15 July 1957 in Omboué, Gabon. He graduated in film education from École supérieure d'études cinématographiques (E.S.E.C) in France.

Career

In 1983, Bididi worked as the in–charge of the casting for the film Équateur directed by Serge Gainsbourg. Then in 1986, he signed to the short film Le singe fou. He was awarded the prize for criticism of Arab journalists at the Carthage Film Festival and also the Great Short Film award at 10th Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in 1987.[2]

From 1988 to 1991, Bididi was the director of the regional radio and television broadcasting unit of 'Haut-Ogoué'. From 1991 to 1994, Bididi was promoted to the new deputy director general of Radio Télévision Gabonaise (RTG). In 2000, he continued to work as a director for television and a producer for his maiden feature film, Les Couilles de l'éléphant. The film was screened at 17th Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In 1994, Bididi directed two episodes of the TV series L’auberge du Salut.[2]

From 2003 to 2008, he worked as Associate producer of television serial Affaires Voisins and then as the Executive producer and co-writer of the serial Les Annèes Écoles as well as directed 6 episodes. In 2011, he directed second feature film Le collier du Makoko. He was the co-writer and executive producer of the soap opera TV series Claudia et dora.[2]

In the same year, he directed the feature film Le collier du Makoko, which is most expensive film in sub-Saharan Africa shot with a cost of 4 million euros. The film was prepared over 4 years, where the shooting took three months. The film received critical acclaim from several international film festivals and won the Special jury prize and male interpretation prize at the 2012 Khouribga festival in Morocco. It also won the Interpretation award at the 2012 Ecrans Noirs Festival in Cameroon as then Prize for best soundtrack and best poster at FESPACO 2013. In 2013, the film won Audience Award at the 2013 Masuku Film Festival in Gabon.[4]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1983Équateur
(Ecuador)		Casting in–chargefilm[5]
1986Singe fou
(Crazy monkey)		Casting in–chargeshort film[6]
1995L'Auberge du Salut
(The Auberge du Salut)		DirectorTV series[7]
2001Les Couilles de l'éléphant
(The Balls of the Elephant)		Director, writerfeature film[8]
2002DjogoDirector, writerfilm[9]
2003Affaires Voisins
(Neighboring Affairs)		Associate producerTV series
2007Jour de la grand nuit
(Day of the big night)		Directorfilm[10]
2008Le divorce
(The divorce)		co-producershort film
2009Le Lion de Poubara
(The Lion of Poubara)		co-producershort film[11]
2003Les Annèes Écoles
(The School Years)		Director, executive producer, co-writerTV series[12]
2009Claudia et dora
(Claudia and Dora)		Executive producer, co-writerfilm
2011Le collier du Makoko
(The Makoko Necklace)		Director, writer, dialoguefeature film[13]
2019Sens Dessus Dessous
(Direction Above Below)		executive producerTV mini-series

References
  1. "Henri Joseph Koumba Bididi: Director, Screenwriter". unifrance. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. "Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi career". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. "Henri Joseph Koumba Bididi: Director, Producer". MUBI. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. "Koumba Bididi: "Our cinema must be efficient"". stephaniedongmo. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. "Équateur". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. "Singe fou (Le)". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. "Auberge du salut (L')". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. "Couilles de l'éléphant (Les)". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  9. "Djogo (2002)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  10. "Jour de la grand nuit (Le)". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  11. "Le Lion de Poubara". unifrance. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  12. "Années écoles (Les)". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  13. "Collier du Makoko (Le)". Afri Cultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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