[1] She received the Louis Lumière - Villa Médicis grant in 1999 for her screenplay Une femme pour Souleymane.
[2] Gaye directed it in 2000, and it received the Grand Jury Prize at the Dakar Film Festival.
Gaye directed the short film J’ai deux amours, as part of the Paris la métisse project in 2005.
[2] The film was selected, financed and produced as a part of the Focus Features Africa First program.
[5] Gaye is a member of Collectif 50/50, an organization whose stated goal is to have equality between men and women in the film industry, as well as promoting diversity in cinema.