- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 21, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Bamako, Mali
- Died
- February 19, 2025
Souleymane Cissé
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
movieWHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...
2026 · Self
movieA Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022 · Self / Narrator
movieOur House
2015 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieHenri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self, Director
movieO Sembene!
2013 · Director
Tell Me Who You Are
movieTell Me Who You Are
2009 · Director, Writer
movieTime
1995 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
1991
Ouaga
movieOuaga
1988
movieYeelen
1987 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Wind
1983 · Writer, Director, Producer
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
movieLes chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
1978 · Director
movieWork
1978 · Writer, Director
movieThe Young Girl
1975 · Director, Script, Dialogue
movieFive Days in a Life
1973 · Director, Writer
Postgraduate
moviePostgraduate
1969 · Director
Sources of Inspiration
movieSources of Inspiration
1968 · Director