Director

Gaël Faye

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 2182212

IMDb ID: nm4630094

Known for: Acting

Born: August 4, 1982

Age: 43

Place of birth: Bujumbura, Burundi

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2024

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7

Wikidata: Q16638763

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Biography

Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan-French singer, rapper, and writer. Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother. He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the Burundian civil war. He studied economics and finance. He is married and has two daughters. Faye wrote a novel inspired by his teenage-years' experience of the war in Burundi. Small Country (Petit Pays) was first published in France in August 2016 by Grasset. It won five literary prizes. It has been translated into 36 languages and made into a movie, released in 2020. In 2010, Faye and Edgar Sekloka released a rap and hip-hop album entitled Milk Coffee and Sugar (also the name of their group). Faye then released three solo albums and one EP: Pili Pili sur un Croissant au Beurre (2013),Des fleurs EP (2014), Lundi Méchant (2020) and Mauve Jacaranda (2022). Lundi Méchant went gold in 2022. Source: Article "Gaël Faye" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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