Actor

Souleymane Cissé

Directing

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Movies: 11Series: 0Crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 1075658

IMDb ID: nm0162878

Known for: Directing

Born: April 21, 1940

Died: February 19, 2025

Age: 84

Place of birth: Bamako, Mali

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1973 - 2022

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q1248110

Also known as

Сулейман Сиссе • 술레이만 시세 • 슐레이만 시세

Other jobs

Director (8)Producer (1)

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Biography

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.