FILM DIRECTOR

Mahamat Saleh Haroun

1961 - Today

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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون) was born in 1961 in Abéché, Chad. He is a film director from Chad. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahamat Saleh Haroun has received more than 45,887 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahamat Saleh Haroun is the 1,525th most popular film director (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Chad (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Chadian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mahamat Saleh Harouns by language

Over the past year Mahamat Saleh Haroun has had the most page views in the with 6,282 views, followed by English (2,282), and Russian (1,710). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (117.56%), Galician (85.71%), and Russian (68.47%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mahamat Saleh Haroun ranks 1,525 out of 2,041. Before him are Robin Campillo, Jan Svěrák, Roger Avary, Raoul Peck, Frank Perry, and Christophe Honoré. After him are Cristina Comencini, David Trueba, Deepa Mehta, Zaza Urushadze, Yasuhiro Takemoto, and Elmer Clifton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mahamat Saleh Haroun ranks 493. Before him are Anthony McCarten, Einars Repše, Bodil Jørgensen, Andrea Pollack, Andy Taylor, and Gyrðir Elíasson. After him are Brad Gilbert, Christopher Ferguson, Yuji Sugano, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Scott Cohen, and Tatiana de Rosnay.

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In Chad

Among people born in Chad, Mahamat Saleh Haroun ranks 14 out of 24. Before him are Saleh Kebzabo (1947), Moussa Faki (1960), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), and Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952). After him are Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye (1949), Haroun Kabadi (1949), Albert Pahimi Padacké (1966), Jacqueline Moudeina (1957), Japhet N'Doram (1966), and Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Chad

Among film directors born in Chad, Mahamat Saleh Haroun ranks 1. 

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Filmography

A Season in France
Director
An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
Jan 25o 20185.525 / 10
A Screaming Man
Director
Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.
Sep 29o 20106.2 / 10
Dry Season
Director
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...
Sep 1o 20067.1 / 10