Duparc, Henri

(December 23, 1941, Forecarriah, Guinea-April 18, 2006, Paris, France)

   Of Franco-Guinean descent, he studied cinema at the Belgrade Cinematography Institute and at the Paris-based IDHEC. He came back to Africa in 1967 and settled in the Ivory Coast, where he shot several movies for the Société Ivorienne de Cinéma. He ap­peared in Concerto pour un Exil (short, Désiré Ecaré, Ivory Coast / France, 1968) and worked as a produc­tion manager (1985 Abaklon, Roger Gnoan M'Bala, Ivory Coast).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ Mouna ou le Rêve d'un Artiste (medium-length; Ivory Coast)

        ◘ Abusuan (Ivory Coast)

        ◘ Les Racines de la Vie (short; Ivory Coast)

1977 ◘ L'Herbe sauvage (Ivory Coast)

        ◘ Aya (Ivory Coast)

        ◘ J'ai choisi de vivre (medium-length; Ivory Coast)

        ◘ Bal Poussière (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, executive producer)

        ◘ Le Sixième Doigt (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1992 ◘ Joli Coeur

1994 ◘ Rue Princesse (shot in 1993)

1997 ◘ Une Couleur Café (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2004 ◘ Caramel (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, editor)