Idrissa Ouedraogo
Directing
Born: 1954-01-21 · Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]
Died: 2018-05-01
Biography
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 t
🎬 Movies (30)
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022
Self
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
2022
Director
Stories on Human Rights
2008
Director
The Birthday
2008
Director
Sous la clarté de la lune
2004
Writer
Kounandi
2004
Executive Producer
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Self
Anger of the Gods
2003
Director
September 11
2002
Director
Burkina Faso
2002
Director
The Pariahs of Cinema
1997
Director
Kini & Adams
1997
Director
Guimba the Tyrant
1996
Producer
The Heart's Cry
1995
Director
Lumière & Company
1995
Director
Africa, My Africa...
1994
Director
Samba Traoré
1993
Director
10,000 Years of Cinema
1991
Obi
1991
Director
Karim and Sala
1991
Director
The Law
1990
Director
The Making of Yaaba
1989
Himself
Yaaba
1989
Director
Ouaga
1988
The Choice
1987
Director
Issa le Tisserand
1985
Director
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba
1985
Director
Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues
1984
Director
The Bowls
1983
Director
Poko
1981
Director