About
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.
Filmography
Our House2015 · Director, Producer, Writer
Henri Langlois vu par...2014 · Director
O Sembene!2013 · Director
Tell Me Who You Are2009 · Director, Writer
Time1995 · Producer, Director, Writer
Yeelen1987 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Wind1983 · Writer, Director, Producer
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles1978 · Director
Work1978 · Writer, Director
The Young Girl1975 · Director, Script, Dialogue
Five Days in a Life1973 · Director, Writer
Postgraduate1969 · Director
Sources of Inspiration1968 · Director