Souleymane Cissé
Сулейман Сиссе | 술레이만 시세 | 슐레이만 시세
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1940-04-21
Place of birth:Bamako, Mali
Gender:Male
Popularity:0
Date of death2025-02-19
84Biography
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.