Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 21, 1954
Died
May 01, 2018
Place of Birth
Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]
Credits
31 titles
Idrissa Ouedraogo
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
Director
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Self
The Birthday
Director
Stories on Human Rights
Director
Kounandi
Executive Producer
Sous la clarté de la lune
Producer
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self
Anger of the Gods
Director
Burkina Faso
Director
September 11
Director
Kini & Adams
Director
The Pariahs of Cinema
Himself
Guimba the Tyrant
Producer
Lumière & Company
Director
The Heart's Cry
Director
Africa, My Africa...
Director
Samba Traoré
Director
Karim and Sala
Director
Obi
Director
10,000 Years of Cinema
The Law
Director
Yaaba
Director
The Making of Yaaba
Himself
Ouaga
The Choice
Director
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba
Director
Issa le Tisserand
Director
Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues
Director
The Bowls
Director
No Time To Say Good-Bye
Assistant Director
Poko
Director