Director
Souleymane Cissé
Born 1940 · 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.
Directed
Yeelen
Director · 1987
Work
Director · 1978
Five Days in a Life
Director · 1973
The Wind
Director · 1983
Time
Director · 1995
The Young Girl
Director · 1975
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director · 2014
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
Director · 1978
Sources of Inspiration
Director · 1968
Tell Me Who You Are
Director · 2009
Our House
Director · 2015
O Sembene!
Director · 2013
Postgraduate
Director · 1969
