# Tidiane Aw

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{{Short description|Senegalese film actor and director (1935–2009)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tidiane Aw
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| birth_date         = 1935
| birth_place        = [Kébémer](/source/K%C3%A9b%C3%A9mer), Senegal
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2009|5|30|1935|df=y}}
| death_place        = [Paris](/source/Paris), France
| alma_mater         = Institute of Cinematography
| occupation         = film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
}}

'''Tidiane Aw''' (born 1935 – 30 May 2009) was a Senegalese film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He participated in a range of films, both fiction and documentary as well as short and full feature.

==Biography==
Born in [Kébémer](/source/K%C3%A9b%C3%A9mer) in [Louga Region](/source/Louga_Region), Senegal, Aw studied at the Institute of Cinematography in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), [Germany](/source/Germany). He completed his cinematic training in [Paris](/source/Paris) at the Office for Radio Cooperation (OCORA). Among the precursors of Senegalese television, in the time of [Mamadou Dia](/source/Mamadou_Dia), who was president of the Senegalese Government Council from 1957 to 1962, Aw worked for primarily for educational television of the state owned channels until 1972.<ref>''L'Afrique littéraire et artistique'', Société Africaine d'Édition, 1983, p. 20</ref>

Aw's first production was a 35-minute educational documentary titled, which explores the customs of the [Lebou people](/source/Lebou_people) and was released in 1968. Aw served as director, screenwriter, producer, and actor for the film ''Le Bracelet de bronze'' (the bronze bracelet). It was also his first colored film.<ref>''Les Élites africaines'', Édiafric, 1979 (5 edition), p. 45-46</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''Réalités'' (1968)
* ''Pour ceux qui savent'' (1971)
* ''Le Bracelet de bronze'' (1973)
*  ''Le Certificat'' (1981)
* ''Soins de santé primaires'' (1983)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0043378}}

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Category:1935 births
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Category:People from Louga region
Category:Senegalese male actors
Category:Senegalese film directors
Category:Senegalese film producers
Category:Senegalese screenwriters
Category:20th-century screenwriters
Category:Senegalese emigrants to France

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