Idrissa Ouedraogo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 21, 1954
- Died
- May 1, 2018
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature 2022
Script, Director
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé 2022
as Self
The Birthday 2008
Director
Stories on Human Rights 2008
Director
Kounandi 2004
Executive Producer
Sous la clarté de la lune 2004
Writer, Producer
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush 2003
as Self
Anger of the Gods 2003
Director, Writer
Burkina Faso 2002
Director
September 11 2002
Director, Writer
Kini & Adams 1997
Director, Writer
The Pariahs of Cinema 1997
as Himself, Director
Guimba the Tyrant 1996
Producer
Lumière & Company 1995
Director
The Heart's Cry 1995
Director, Writer
Africa, My Africa... 1994
Director
Samba Traoré 1993
Director, Producer, Writer
Karim and Sala 1991
Director
- Obi
Obi 1991
Director
10,000 Years of Cinema 1991
Actor
The Law 1990
Director, Producer, Writer
Yaaba 1989
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Making of Yaaba 1989
as Himself
- Ouaga
Ouaga 1988
Actor
The Choice 1987
Director, Writer
- Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba 1985
Director
Issa le Tisserand 1985
Director
- Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues
Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues 1984
Director
The Bowls 1983
Director
No Time To Say Good-Bye 1981
Assistant Director
Poko 1981
Director
Credits from TMDB.