Idrissa Ouedraogo

Directing·Jan 21, 1954·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.

Film	Credit
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature2022 · Director	Director
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé2022 · Self	Self
The Birthday2008 · Director	Director
Stories on Human Rights2008 · Director	Director
Sous la clarté de la lune2004 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush2003 · Self	Self
Anger of the Gods2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Burkina Faso2002 · Director	Director
September 112002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Kini & Adams1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Pariahs of Cinema1997 · Himself, Director	Himself, Director
Guimba the Tyrant1996 · Producer	Producer
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
The Heart's Cry1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Africa, My Africa...1994 · Director	Director
Samba Traoré1993 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Karim and Sala1991 · Director	Director
OObi1991 · Director	Director
10,000 Years of Cinema1991 · Actor	Actor
The Law1990 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Yaaba1989 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Making of Yaaba1989 · Himself	Himself
OOuaga1988 · Actor	Actor
The Choice1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLes Funérailles du Larlé Naaba1985 · Director	Director
Issa le Tisserand1985 · Director	Director
OOuagadougou, ouaga deux roues1984 · Director	Director
The Bowls1983 · Director	Director
Poko1981 · Director	Director