Biography
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.
Directed 20
2020s
- 2022
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
Director
2000s
- 2008
The Birthday
Director
Stories on Human Rights
Director
- 2003
Anger of the Gods
Director
- 2002
Burkina Faso
Director
1990s
- 1997
Kini & Adams
Director
The Pariahs of Cinema
Director
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Director
The Heart's Cry
Director
- 1994
Africa, My Africa...
Director
- 1993
Samba Traoré
Director
- 1991
Karim and Sala
Director
- 1990
The Law
Director
1980s
- 1989
Yaaba
Director
- 1987
The Choice
Director
- 1985
Issa le Tisserand
Director
- 1983
The Bowls
Director
- 1981
Poko
Director
No Time To Say Good-Bye
Assistant Director
Wrote 9
2000s
- 2004
Sous la clarté de la lune
Writer
- 2003
Anger of the Gods
Writer
- 2002
1990s
- 1997
Kini & Adams
Writer
- 1995
The Heart's Cry
Writer
- 1993
Samba Traoré
Writer
- 1990
The Law
Writer
1980s
- 1989
Yaaba
Screenplay
- 1987
The Choice
Writer
Produced 6
2000s
- 2004
Kounandi
Executive Producer
Sous la clarté de la lune
Producer
1990s
- 1996
Guimba the Tyrant
Producer
- 1993
Samba Traoré
Producer
- 1990
The Law
Producer
1980s
- 1989
Yaaba
Producer
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1991
10,000 Years of Cinema
Movie
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2022
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
Script
Appearances4
2020s
- 2022
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Self
2000s
- 2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self
1990s
- 1997
The Pariahs of Cinema
Himself
1980s
- 1989
The Making of Yaaba
Himself