Alain Gomis

{{Short description|French-Senegalese film director (born 1972)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

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| name = Alain Gomis

| image = Alain Gomis Photo Call Félicité Berlinale 2017 04.jpg

| caption = Alain Gomis at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|3|6|df=yes}}

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| occupation = {{ubl|Film director|Screenwriter}}

| yearsactive = 1999–present

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Alain Gomis (born 6 March 1972) is a French-Senegalese film director and screenwriter.{{cite book |title=Dictionary of African Filmmakers|first=Roy|last=Armes|publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington, Indiana |year=2008 |isbn=978-0253351166 |page=70 |oclc=177009058}}{{cite web |url=http://www.africine.org/personne/alain-gomis/3207 |title=Alain Gomis, Réalisateur/trice Producteur/trice Scénariste Monteur/se Dialoguiste |last= |first= |date=2020 |website=africine.org |publisher=Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC) |access-date=2023-12-01 |quote=Il est né en 1972 en France, où il a grandi. Il vit et travaille entre Paris et Dakar. En 2013, son 3ème long-métrage, Tey ("Aujourd'hui"), avec Saul Williams, est sélectionné en compétition au 62ème Festival de Berlin, puis remporte l'Étalon d'Or du Fespaco (festival panafricain du cinéma), une première pour un film sénégalais. |language=fr}}{{Cite web |url=https://africultures.com/personnes/?no=4410 |title=Moussa Yoro Bathily |date=2019 |access-date=2023-10-05 |lang=French |website=africultures.com |publisher=Africultures. Les mondes en relation}}{{IMDb name |id=0327120 |name=Alain Gomis}}{{Cite web |url=https://africanfilmny.org/directors/alain-gomis/ |website=africanfilmny.org |access-date=1 December 2023 |title=Alain Gomis Biography France / Senegal |publisher=African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) |location=New York |quote=Alain Gomis, born in France, is of Senegalese origin and studied cinematography at the Sorbonne. After graduating he organized and facilitated video production workshops for immigrant youth in Nanterre. By the age of twenty-six, he had already made three short films: Tourbillons, Tout le monde peut se tromper, and the documentary Caramels et chocolats. In 2001, Gomis directed his first feature film, L’Afrance. Gomis' 2012 film, Tey, was awarded the Etalon de Yenenga at FESPACO in 2012.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=68411.html?nopub=1 |title=Alain Gomis |work=Allocine |access-date=15 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/24293056-b7db-11e7-bff8-f9946607a6ba |title=Alain Gomis on Félicité and feeling like an immigrant everywhere |work=Financial Times |access-date=15 December 2017}} His 2017 film Félicité was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-92-films-submitted-foreign-language-film-academy-award-1046070 |title=Oscars: 92 Films Submitted in Foreign-Language Category |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=5 October 2017}} making the December shortlist.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/oscars-foreign-language-shortlist-includes-square-fantastic-woman/ |title=Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist Includes 'The Square,' 'A Fantastic Woman' |last=Pond |first=Steve |work=The Wrap |date=14 December 2017 |access-date=14 December 2017}}