1895–1954 — Colonial and ethnographic record. Not African-directed; preserved as historical context.
1953 — Alain Resnais, Chris Marker
France
1935 — Zoltan Korda
United Kingdom
1931 — W.S. Van Dyke
United States
1937 — Robert Stevenson
1936 — J. Elder Wills
1952 — Jean Rouch, Roger Rosfelder
France, Niger
1934 — Marc Allegret
1935 — Edmond T. Greville
1939 — Henry King, Otto Brower
1939 — Zoltan Korda
1923 — Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
1928 — Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
1946 — Thorold Dickinson
1949 — Terry Bishop
United Kingdom, Nigeria
1919 — H. Lisle Lucoque
South Africa
1925 — Unknown (Stoll Film Company)
1927 — Disputed: credited variously as Stephan Rosti; Stephan Rosti and Wedad Orfi; or Stephan Rosti, Aziza Amir and Wedad Orfi depending on source
Egypt
1945 — Togo Mizrahi
1947 — John Page
1949 — Donald Swanson