Souleymane Cissé
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 21, 1940, Bamako, Mali
- Died
- February 19, 2025
- Movies
- 18
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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS... | Self |
| 2022 | A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé | Self / Narrator |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self |
| 1991 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé | |
| 1988 | Ouaga |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2015 | Our House | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Director |
| 2013 | O Sembene! | Director |
| 2009 | Tell Me Who You Are | Director, Writer |
| 1995 | Time | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Yeelen | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1983 | The Wind | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1978 | Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles | Director |
| 1978 | Work | Writer, Director |
| 1975 | The Young Girl | Director |
| 1973 | Five Days in a Life | Director, Writer |
| 1969 | Postgraduate | Director |
| 1968 | Sources of Inspiration | Director |
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