Safi Faye (an haife shi a watan Nuwamba 22, 1943) darektan fina -finan Senegal ne kuma masani kan al'adu . Ita ce mace ta farko daga yankin kudu da hamadar Saharar Afirka da ta jagoranci fim ɗin da aka rarraba ta kasuwanci, Kaddu Beykat, wanda aka saki a 1975. Ta ba da umarnin fina -finai da fina -finai da yawa da suka mai da hankali kan rayuwar karkara a Senegal. An haifi Safi Faye a 1943 a Dakar, Senegal, ga dangin Serer mai kishin addini. Iyayenta, Fayes, sun fito ne daga Fad'jal, wani ƙauye a kudu da Dakar. Ta halarci Makarantar Al'ada a Rufisque kuma ta karɓi takardar shedar koyarwa a 1962 ko 1963, ta fara koyarwa a Dakar Senegal. A cikin 1966 ta je bikin Dakar na Negro Arts kuma ta sadu da ɗan asalin Faransa kuma ɗan fim Jean Rouch . Ya ƙarfafa ta ta yi amfani da yin fim a matsayin kayan aikin ƙabilanci. Tana da rawar taka rawa a fim dinsa na 1971 Petit à petit . Faye ta ce ba ta son fim ɗin Rouch amma yin aiki tare da shi ya ba ta damar koyan yin fim da cinéma-vérité .