Directing
Community Rating
6.6
TMDB estimate
Born
April 21, 1940
Died
February 19, 2025 (age 84)
Born in
Bamako, Mali
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.
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self / Narrator
2022
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Our House
as Director, Producer, Writer
2015
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Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self, Director
2014
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O Sembene!
as Director
2013
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Tell Me Who You Are
as Director, Writer
2009
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Time
as Producer, Director, Writer
1995
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
1991
—Ouaga
1988
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Yeelen
as Director, Writer, Producer
1987
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The Wind
as Director, Writer, Producer
1983
—Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
as Director
1978
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Work
as Writer, Director
1978
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The Young Girl
as Director, Script, Dialogue
1975
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Five Days in a Life
as Director, Writer
1973
—Postgraduate
as Director
1969
—Sources of Inspiration
as Director
1968
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