Moussa Sene Absa is a film director, editor, songwriter, producer, and screenwriter. He was born in 1958 in Dakar, Senegal. He began his career as an actor, but eventually moved on to direct his own play La Légende de Ruba. Abda was honored for his screenplay Les Enfants de Dieu at the Francophone film festival. He has won numerous awards including the Silver Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival in 1988 for his film Le Prix du Mensonge and best photography at FESPACO 1997 for his film Tableau Ferraille.