- Idrissa Ouedraogo
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name = Idrissa Ouedraogo
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birthdate = birth date and age|1954|1|21
location =Banfora , Upper Volta
occupation =Film director ,screenwriter and producer
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website =Idrissa Ouedraogo (born
21 January 1954 inBanfora , Upper Volta, nowBurkina Faso ) is afilm director fromBurkina Faso . He is best known for his films "Yaaba " and "Tilaï ".Biography
Idrissa Ouedraogo is a graduate of the "African Institute for Cinema Studies" ("Institut Africain d’Etudes Cinématographiques") in
Ouagadougou . In1981 he began to work for the "Burkina Faso Directorate of Cinema Production" ("Direction de la Production Cinématographique du Burkina Faso"), where he directed several short films. The short film "Poko" won the short film prize at thePanafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in1981 . After studying inKiev in theUSSR he moved to Paris, where he graduated from the "Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques "IDHEC in1985 Ouédraogo won the Cannes 1990 Special Jury Prize for his film "Tilaï" ("The Law") (1990), and the Fipresci award for his 1989 film "Yam Daabo".
Filmography
* "Pourquoi?" (Why) (1981) (short)
* "Poko " (1981) (short)
* "Les Écuelles" (The Platters) (1983) (short)
* "Les Funérailles du Larle Naba " (Larle Naba's Funeral) (1984) (short)
* "Ouagadougou, Ouaga deux roues" (1985) (short)
* "Issa le tisserand" (Issa the Weaver) (1985) (short)
* "Yam Daabo " (The Choice) (1986)
* "Yaaba " (Grandmother) (1989)
* "Tilaï " (The Law) (1990)
* "Obi" (1991) (short)
* "A Karim na Sala " (Karim and Sala) (1991)
* "Samba Traoré " (1993)
* "Le Cri du cœur " (Heart's Cry) (1994)
* "Gorki" (1994) (short)
* "Afrique, mon Afrique " (Africa, My Africa) (1994) (short)
* "Lumière et compagnie" (Lumière and Company) (1995) (segment)
* "Kini and Adams " (1997)
* "Les Parias du cinémas" (1997) (short)
* "Entre l'arbre et l'écorce" (1999) (television programme)
* "Scenarios from the Sahel" (2001) (short)
* "Kadi Jolie" (2001) (television series)
* "11'09''01 September 11 " (2002) "(segment "Burkina Faso")"
* "La Colère des dieux " (Anger of the Gods) (2003)
* "Kato Kato " (2006)ee also
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Cinema of Burkina Faso External links
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* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/ouedraogo.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]
* [http://www.filmfestivals.com/cannes97/cfilmc5.htm Ouédraogo on "Kini and Adams"]Persondata
NAME= Ouedraogo, Idrissa
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director ,screenwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1954-1-21
PLACE OF BIRTH=Banfora , Upper Volta
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