

The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Cameroon
This page contains a list of the greatest Cameroonian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Cameroon. This makes Cameroon the birth place of the 107th most number of Film Directors behind Afghanistan, and Liberia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cameroonian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Cameroonian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Françoise Ellong (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 36.51, Françoise Ellong is the most famous Cameroonian Film Director. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Françoise Ellong (born 8 February 1988) is a Cameroonian film director and writer.

2. Mason Ewing (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 34.67, Mason Ewing is the 2nd most famous Cameroonian Film Director. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing (born April 9, 1982) is a French, Cameroonian and American producer, director, scriptwriter and fashion designer living in France and the United States. Ewing is blind.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Cameroonian film directors born between 1982 and 1988. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Cameroonian film directors include Françoise Ellong, and Mason Ewing. As of April 2024, 1 new Cameroonian film directors have been added to Pantheon including Françoise Ellong.