
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Known for directing · Born 21 January 1954 · Died 1 May 2018 · aged 64 · Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]
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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.
Known for

September 11
2002

Lumière & Company
1995

Yaaba
1989

The Law
1990

Samba Traoré
1993

The Choice
1987

Kini & Adams
1997

The Heart's Cry
1995

Stories on Human Rights
2008

Africa, My Africa...
1994

The Birthday
2008

The Pariahs of Cinema
1997