Moustapha Alassane
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-01-01 (73 years old)
Deathday
2015-03-17
Place of Birth
Niger
Also known As
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Moustapha Alassane
Biography
Moustapha Alassane (1942–17 March 2015) was a Nigerien filmmaker. Born in 1942 in N’Dougou (Niger), Moustapha Alassane graduated in mechanics. However, in the Rouch IRSH in Niamey he learned the cinematographic technique and thereafter became one of its main proponents. Jean Rouch provided for Alassane's education and accommodation in Canada, where he met the famous Norman McLaren, who taught him about animation. He was the creator of the first animated films of the sub-Saharan Africa, also directing documentaries and fiction films. He was Head of Cinema Department at the Niamey University for 15 years. Moustapha Alassane directed, in 1962...
Acting
Production
1967
as Cinematography
1972
as Director
1966
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Writer
1965
as Writer
1965
as Animation
1966
as Producer
1966
as Director of Photography
1966
as Editor
1977
as Director
1977
as Writer
1966
as Director
2001
as Director
1962
as Director
1962
as Director
1973
as Director
1964
as Camera Operator
1966
as Writer
2001
as Writer
1965
as Director
1966
as Writer
1966
as Director of Photography
1973
as Director of Photography
1962
as Director
1964
as Director
1982
as Director
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