Roger Gnoan M'Bala
Roger Gnoan M'Bala (born 1943) is an Ivorian film director. Born in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, he studied history in Paris and film at the (CLCF) and later on in Sweden. From 1968 to 1978, he worked for the Radiodiffusion Télévision ivoirienne (RTI). before creating the 1970 black and white documentary on the traditional dance "Koundoum". In 1972 he won the Silver Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival with the short "Amanie" and several other awards including a . Thereafter he produced independently a short, "Valisy" and a medium-length satirical film, "Le Chapeau". In 1984 he directed  his first feature film, "Ablakon". He became known thanks to hisfilm "Au nom du Christ", winning in 1993 a premio giovani at the Locarno International Film Festival and an Étalon de Yennenga at the FESPACO. Early life. Born in 1943 in Grand Bassam the first capital of Côte d'Ivoire.