Idrissa Ouédraogo
Director, Screenwriter
1954-2018. He was born in Banfora, Burkina Faso in 1954. Having graduated from the African Film Studies Institute in Ouagadougou, he then worked in the governing board of the Film Production of Burkino Faso. He remained for a period in Kiev. In 1985 he graduated from IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) in Paris. He went on to complete a degree in film studies at the University of Paris at the Sorbonne. SAMBA TRAORÉ (1992) premiered at the Carthage Film Festival where it won the Silver Tanit and in 1993 went on to win the Silver Bear at the Berlinale.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 1997
- Les parias du cinéma by Idrissa Ouédraogo
- 1992
- Samba Traoré by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Screenwriter
- 1997
- Les parias du cinéma by Idrissa Ouédraogo
- 1992
- Samba Traoré by Idrissa Ouédraogo