Directing
Souleymane Cissé
EN, FR, BM, RU cinema · 17 credits
Born
21 April 1940
Died
19 February 2025 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Bamako, Mali
Also known as Сулейман Сиссе · 술레이만 시세 · 슐레이만 시세
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self / Narrator
Our House
Director, Producer, Writer
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self, Director
O Sembene!
Director
Min Ye
2009
Tell Me Who You Are
Director, Writer
Time
Producer, Director, Writer
Yeelen
Director, Writer, Producer
The Wind
Director, Writer, Producer
Work
Writer, Director
The Young Girl
Director, Script, Dialogue
Five Days in a Life
Director, Writer