Mariama Djité

Screenwriter, Actor

Born in 1988 in Zurich, Switzerland as the daughter of a Senegalese artist and a Swiss architect. In 2008-09 she studied acting at the NYFA (New York Film Academy). 2016 Master in Film Studies and German Studies from the University of Zurich. Worked as an in-house writer/conceptualiser for a film production company. Today she is a freelance screenwriter and member of the ARF/FDS. In 2025 she was selected for the Cannes Series Writers' Club.

Filmography
(a selection)

Screenwriter

2026
Maloney – Staffel 2
2025
Unsere kleine Botschaft created by Marco Edmonds

Actor

2007
Breakout by Mike Eschmann
2006
Alles bleibt anders by Güzin Kar
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