Known For
Directing
Known Credits
4
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-21 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Souleymane Cissé (1940-2025) was a Malian film director. In 1975 he shot Den Muso (The Young Girl), the first full length Malian feature in the Bambara language. It was immediately banned by the government. Then followed Baara (Work) in 1977, Finyè (The Wind) in 1981, and Yeelen (Brightness), Prix du Jury in Cannes in 1987.