
Director
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Born 1954 · Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]
Idrissa Ouédraogo was born in Banfora, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), in 1954. He grew up in the town of Ouahigouya in the northern region of his homeland, and in 1976 he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. To ensure a better life his farmer parents sent him to Ouagadougou for further education, where he attended the African Institute for Cinema Studies (Institut Africain d’Etudes Cinématographiques) completing his studies in 1981 with a masters. After studying in Kiev in the USSR he moved to Paris, where he graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in 1985 with a DEA from the Sorbonne. On graduating from IAFEC in 1981, Ouédraogo set up his own independent film company, "The Future of Films", which became "Les Films de la Plaine". In 1981, before moving to Kiev, he worked for the Burkina Faso Directorate of Cinema Production (Direction de la Production Cinématographique du Burkina Faso), where he directed several short films.
Directed

September 11
Director · 2002

Lumière & Company
Director · 1995
The Pariahs of Cinema
Director · 1997

Anger of the Gods
Director · 2003

Yaaba
Director · 1989

The Law
Director · 1990

Karim and Sala
Director · 1991
Obi
Director · 1991
Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues
Director · 1984
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba
Director · 1985

Samba Traoré
Director · 1993

Kini & Adams
Director · 1997

The Heart's Cry
Director · 1995

The Choice
Director · 1987

Poko
Director · 1981

Issa le Tisserand
Director · 1985

The Bowls
Director · 1983

Africa, My Africa...
Director · 1994



