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French film director (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leïla Sy (born Leïla Dixmier; 30 June 1977), is a French director réalisatrice and activist. She is known for her work with rapper Kery James, including co-directing the film Street Flow.
Leïla Sy | |
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Born | Leïla Dixmier June 30, 1977 |
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Known for | French director and activist |
Notable work | Street Flow (2019) |
Leïla Sy was born Leïla Dixmier[1],[2] on June 30, 1977[3] to a French mother and Senegalese father.[4][3]
After attending the arts school Penninghen,[5][6] she began her career in French hip hop in the press: first working at Track List, she later became the artistic director of the French version of The Source.[5][6]
In 2005, she founded with Joeystarr, with whom she was in a relationship,[7] the organization Devoirs de mémoires, with Sy as the president. In 2017, Sy was named a member of the public interest group creating the Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (Foundation for the memory of slavery).[8]
Since 2009, has created clips for rapper Kerry James, for whom she is the artistic director.[9] They created their first feature film in 2019, Street Flow, with a script written by the rapper and directed by James and Sy. The film was released on Netflix in October, 2019.[10][11][12]
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