2015Nominee
Best Director
Our House
Souleymane Cissé
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Bamako, Mali
April 21, 1940
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1987Nominee
Best Director
Yeelen
1975Nominee
Best Director
The Young Girl
Career Highlights
1978Highlight
Best Writing
Work
2013Highlight
Best Director
O Sembene!
Video
Yeelen
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé