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Born January 21, 1954 · 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.

Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
2022

The Birthday
2008

Stories on Human Rights
2008

Anger of the Gods
2003

Burkina Faso
2002

September 11
2002

Kini & Adams
1997
The Pariahs of Cinema
1997

Lumière & Company
1995

The Heart's Cry
1995

Africa, My Africa...
1994

Samba Traoré
1993

Karim and Sala
1991
Obi
1991

The Law
1990

Yaaba
1989

The Choice
1987
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba
1985

Issa le Tisserand
1985
Ouagadougou, ouaga deux roues
1984

The Bowls
1983

Poko
1981