Idrissa Ouedraogo

Person

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Directing January 21, 1954

Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]

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 awa…

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September 11

September 11

6.4 2002 Movie
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

6.3 1995 Movie
Yaaba

Yaaba

6.5 1989 Movie
The Law

The Law

6.6 1990 Movie
Kini & Adams

Kini & Adams

6.2 1997 Movie
Samba Traoré

Samba Traoré

6.4 1993 Movie
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

5.3 2003 Movie
The Heart's Cry

The Heart's Cry

6.2 1995 Movie
The Choice

The Choice

6.0 1987 Movie
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

2002 Movie
Kounandi

Kounandi

8.0 2004 Movie
The Birthday

The Birthday

5.0 2008 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

    Movie Script

  2. 2022
    A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

    Movie Self

  3. 2008
    The Birthday

    Movie Director

  4. 2008
    Stories on Human Rights

    Movie Director

  5. 2004
    Kounandi

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2004
    Sous la clarté de la lune

    Movie Writer

  7. 2003
    Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

    Movie Self

  8. 2003
    Anger of the Gods

    Movie Director

  9. 2002
    Burkina Faso

    Movie Director

  10. 2002
    September 11

    Movie Director

  11. 1997
    Kini & Adams

    Movie Director

  12. 1997
    The Pariahs of Cinema

    Movie Himself

  13. 1996
    Guimba the Tyrant

    Movie Producer

  14. 1995
    Lumière & Company

    Movie Director

  15. 1995
    The Heart's Cry

    Movie Director

  16. 1994
    Africa, My Africa...

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1993
    Samba Traoré

    Movie Director

  2. 1991
    Karim and Sala

    Movie Director

  3. 1991
    Obi

    Movie Director

  4. 1991
    10,000 Years of Cinema

    Movie

  5. 1990
    The Law

    Movie Director

  6. 1989
    Yaaba

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1989
    The Making of Yaaba

    Movie Himself

  8. 1988
    Ouaga

    Movie

  9. 1987
    The Choice

    Movie Director

  10. 1985
    Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba

    Movie Director

  11. 1985
    Issa le Tisserand

    Movie Director

  12. 1984
    Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues

    Movie Director

  13. 1983
    The Bowls

    Movie Director

  14. 1981
    Poko

    Movie Director

  15. 1981
    No Time To Say Good-Bye

    Movie Assistant Director