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  • BIRTH 21/01/1954
  • DEATH 01/05/2018
  • Country Burkina Faso
  • MOVIES 2
  • DIRECTOR 8
  • SCRIPT 4
  • PRODUCTION 3

Idrissa Ouedraogo

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.

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Movies (2)

Les Parias du cinéma
Les Parias du cinéma
Himself
Parlons grand-mère
Parlons grand-mère
Himself

Director (8)

Les Parias du cinéma
Les Parias du cinéma
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 11
Tilaï
Tilaï
Yam Daabo
Yam Daabo
Yaaba
Yaaba
Les écuelles
Les écuelles
Lumière et Compagnie
Lumière et Compagnie
Stories on Human Rights
Stories on Human Rights

Script (4)

11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 11
Tilaï
Tilaï
Yam Daabo
Yam Daabo
Yaaba
Yaaba

Production (3)

Tilaï
Tilaï
Yaaba
Yaaba
Guimba, un tyran une époque
Guimba, un tyran une époque