Souleymane Cissé

Birthday: 1940-04-21
Deathday: 2025-02-19
Birthplace: Bamako, Mali
Gender: Male

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.

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Credits

Year Title
2015-01-01 Our House
2014-07-27 Henri Langlois vu par...
2013-05-19 O Sembene!
2009-05-21 Tell Me Who You Are
1995-06-07 Time
1987-07-01 Yeelen
1983-09-24 The Wind
1978-12-31 Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
1978-08-07 Work
1975-01-01 The Young Girl
1973-01-01 Five Days in a Life
1969-10-13 Postgraduate
1968-12-31 Sources of Inspiration