Idrissa Ouedraogo

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Born: January 21, 1954
Died: May 1, 2018
in Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]
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.

Movies for Idrissa Ouedraogo...

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Title: A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Character: Self
Released: May 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Fatou Cissé accompanies her father, malien director Souleymane Cissé, through a trip down his film career, painting an intimate and poetic picture of one of Africa’s most celebrated actors.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.
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The Pariahs of Cinema
Title: The Pariahs of Cinema
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Within the framework of the “Half a Century of Locarno, Thoughts on the Future” project, seven directors, Idrissa Ouedraogo among them, have the chance to express their vision of the future of the film industry by means of a short film. “The state of the film industry the world is a vast issue,” says the director from Burkina Faso. “I would rather speak about my films, about African films and their relationship with the world”.
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10,000 Years of Cinema
Title: 10,000 Years of Cinema
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
This documentary offers the reflections of filmmakers shot at FESPACO 1991. Djibril Diop Mambéty, David Achkar, Moussa Sene Absa, Mambaye Coulibaly, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Mansour Sora Wade... express their faith in the eternity of African cinema.
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The Making of Yaaba
Title: The Making of Yaaba
Character: Himself
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature film. A documentary full of humorous anecdotes regarding the dangers of shooting in Burkina Faso.
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Ouaga
Title: Ouaga
Released: December 4, 1988
Type: Movie