| Mambanye Coulibaly | |
| Occupation: | Film director |
| Notable Works: | La Geste de Ségou! |
| Birth Place: | Kayes, Mali |
| Death Place: | Kayes, Mali |
Mambaye Coulibaly (1957–2015) was a Malian film director, who pioneered animation in African cinema.
Mambaye Coulibaly was born on 2 May 1957 in Kayes. After studying law, he turned to film in 1987.[1] La Geste de Ségou! (1989), for which Coulibaly also wrote the music, was an animated short film inspired by historical events in the Bambara Empire of Ségou.[2] The Ivorian playwright Werewere Liking designed puppets for the film.[3]
In 1996 Coulibaly started working on a feature-length animation project, Le Pouvoir de Ségou, a project relaunched in 2009 as part of the Euromédiatoon project. Unfortunately long-term illness prevented the film's completion. Coulibaly died on 7 February 2015 at Kayes.[2]