Souleymane Cissé

Souleymane Cissé was born on 21 April 1940 in Bamako, into a modest family. After secondary school in Dakar, he returned to Mali in 1960, obtained a scholarship in 1963 for projectionist training, then studied directing at the Moscow film institute, from which he graduated in 1969. On his return in 1970, he worked as a cameraman at the Ministry of Information. In 2023, he received the Carrosse d'or at Cannes, which honours a filmmaker for their body of work as a whole. He died in Bamako on 19 February 2025, aged eighty-four.

In the catalogue 2

• Feature filmThe Young GirlDen MusoSouleymane Cissé · 1975Cinema
• Feature filmBrightnessYeelenSouleymane Cissé · 1987Cinema