Gabonese Film Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Co-producer, Managing Director and Senior Civil Servant.

Charles MENSAH (1948-2011) is a Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Co-Producer, General Manager and Senior Civil Servant.

He is known for Obali (1976, co-director), Ayouma (1977, director) and Ilombe (1978, director).

Born: in 1948 in Libreville (Gabon)
Death: June 03, 2011 in Libreville (Gabon), at the age of 63.

From 1988 to 2009, Charles Mensah managed the National Center of Gabonese Cinema (Cenaci) which in 2020 became the Gabonese Institute of Image and Sound (IGIS). He was president of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) from 2006 to 2011.
He carried out his higher studies, from 1968 to 1974, at the Higher School of Cinema and Television in Paris (Esra).

Charles' filmography spans a prolific 24 years. He started as a director of the short La Grasse matinée (1974), was assistant director on the television series Les Trois de Coeur (1975) and co-director on the feature films Obali (1976) and Ayouma (1977). His feature Ilombé collected the Palm D'Or in 1978. More recently he has donned a producer's hat for the features L'Ombre de Liberty (2005), Les Couilles de l'Eléphant (2000), Le Collier du Makoko (2011), the television series Les Années-Ecole (2003-2005) and the television film Héritage Perdu (2005).
Charles Mensah died on Friday 3rd June 2011, at Libreville (Gabon). He was only 63 years old.

LINKS
* http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=80239
* www.afrik.com/charles-mensah-ou-l-ambition-d-un-cinema-africain-par-les-africains