Person Details

Birthday: 1954-01-21 06:44:16

Death: 2018-05-01 06:44:16

Aliases: Idrissa Ouédraogo

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

11'09''01 September 11
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7

11'09''01 September 11

(2002) Writer
Lumière and Company
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6

Lumière and Company

(1995) Director
The Law
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7

The Law

(1990) Writer
Kini & Adams
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6

Kini & Adams

(1997) Writer
Guimba the Tyrant
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6

Guimba the Tyrant

(1996) Producer
Samba Traoré
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6

Samba Traoré

(1993) Writer
Africa, My Africa...
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5

Africa, My Africa...

(1994) Director
Yaaba
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6

Yaaba

(1989) Screenplay

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