Timité Bassori

Timité Bassori

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire
December 30, 1933

Biography

Timité Bassori is an Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer. His lone feature-length film, The Woman with the Knife (1969), is considered a classic of African cinema,[3] and is slated to be restored as part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative to preserve 50 African films through the collaboration of the groups FEPACI, UNESCO, Cineteca di Bologna, and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation.

Photo

Timité Bassori 1

Representative Works

Black and White in Color
Black and White in Color
6.4
/ French
The Woman with the Knife
The Woman with the Knife
5.2
/ French
On the Dune of Solitude
On the Dune of Solitude
6.8
/ French
Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab
Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab
6.0
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Black and White in Color
1976Nominee

Best Picture

Black and White in Color

The Woman with the Knife
2010Nominee

Best Performance

The Woman with the Knife

On the Dune of Solitude
1964Nominee

Best Director

On the Dune of Solitude

Career Highlights

Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab
2014Highlight

Best Performance

Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab