Date of Birth:

Dec 31, 1964 (62 years)

Place of Birth:

Benin

Biography:

Sylvestre Amoussou is a Beninese actor turned film director, best known for his 2006 film Africa Paradis, a satire on immigration. After living in France for twenty years, and experiencing the lack of interesting roles offered to black actors in France, he decided to make his own movies.