Souleymane Cissé
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-21 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Also known As
Сулейман Сиссе
술레이만 시세
슐레이만 시세
Souleymane Cissé
Biography
Souleymane Cissé is a Malian film director. In 1975 he shot Den Muso (The Young Girl), the first full length Malian feature in the Bambara language. It was immediately banned by the government. Then followed Baara (Work) in 1977, Finyè (The Wind) in 1981, and Yeelen (Brightness), Prix du Jury in Cannes in 1987.
Acting
2022
as Self / Narrator
2014
as Self
1988
Production
1995
as Producer
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1995
as Director
2009
as Writer
2009
as Director
1983
as Director
1983
as Writer
1975
as Director
2015
as Director
1969
as Director
2013
as Director
1978
as Director
1978
as Writer
1987
as Producer
2015
as Producer
1973
as Director
1975
as Script
1975
as Dialogue
1973
as Writer
2015
as Writer
1995
as Writer
1978
1968
as Director
1983
as Producer
2014
as Director
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