Person
Souleymane Cissé
Directing · 1940–2025 · Bamako, Mali
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.
Known for
Tell Me Who You Are
Director
Work
Writer
Yeelen
Director
The Young Girl
Director
WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...
Self
O Sembene!
Director
The Wind
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
1991
Postgraduate
Director
Filmography
- 2026WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...Self
- 2022A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane CisséSelf / Narrator
- 2015Our HouseDirector
- 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
- 2013O Sembene!Director
- 2009Tell Me Who You AreDirector
- 1995TimeProducer
- 1991Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
- 1988Ouaga
- 1987YeelenDirector
- 1983The WindDirector
- 1978Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles SeychellesDirector
- 1978WorkWriter
- 1975The Young GirlDirector
- 1973Five Days in a LifeDirector
- 1969PostgraduateDirector
- 1968Sources of InspirationDirector
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