Souleymane Cissé
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 21, 1940
- Died
- February 19, 2025
- Birthplace
- Bamako, Mali
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.
Filmography
WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS... 2026
as Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé 2022
as Self / Narrator
Our House 2015
Director, Producer, Writer
Henri Langlois vu par... 2014
as Self, Director
O Sembene! 2013
Director
- Tell Me Who You Are
Tell Me Who You Are 2009
Director, Writer
Time 1995
Producer, Director, Writer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé 1991
Actor
- Ouaga
Ouaga 1988
Actor
Yeelen 1987
Director, Writer, Producer
The Wind 1983
Writer, Director, Producer
- Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles 1978
Director
Work 1978
Writer, Director
The Young Girl 1975
Director, Script, Dialogue
Five Days in a Life 1973
Director, Writer
- Postgraduate
Postgraduate 1969
Director
- Sources of Inspiration
Sources of Inspiration 1968
Director
Credits from TMDB.