Souleymane Cissé
Born: 1940-04-21 in Bamako, Mali
Died: 2025-02-19
Known For: Directing
Biography
Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film Yeelen has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made". He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, for “Yeelen”, he was awarded the Golden Coach in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Souleymane Cissé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2022
- A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé as Self / Narrator
2015
- Our House ... (Director)
2014
- Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2013
- O Sembene! ... (Director)
2009
- Tell Me Who You Are ... (Director)
1995
- Time ... (Producer)
1988
1987
- Yeelen ... (Director)
1983
- The Wind ... (Writer)
1978
- Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles ... (Director)
- Work ... (Writer)
1975
- The Young Girl ... (Director)
1973
- Five Days in a Life ... (Director)
1969
- Postgraduate ... (Director)
1968
- Sources of Inspiration ... (Director)