Idrissa Ouédraogo

Burkinabe film director, screenwriter and producer (1954–2018)

1.14body-of-work score · ranked #777 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 21, 1954 · Banfora
Died
February 18, 2018 · Ouagadougou
Nationality
Burkina Faso
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Idrissa Ouédraogo
Cines del Sur Granada Film Festival from Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The LawTilaï

    1990 · Burkina Faso · drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1990

    0.751 citation
  2. 2

    1989 · Switzerland / France / Burkina Faso · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1989 #5

    0.391 citation

Complete filmography

All 20 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1981Poko
  • 1983Issa le Tisserand
  • 1983Les Écuelles
  • 1985Ouagadougou, Ouaga deux roues
  • 1986The Choice
  • 1989Grandmother
  • 1990The Law
  • 1991Karim und Sala
  • 1992Samba Traoré
  • 1994The Heart's Cry
  • 1995Lumière and Company
  • 1997Kini and Adams
  • 1997La Boutique
  • 1997Le Guerrier
  • 1997Les Parias du cinéma
  • 1997Pour une fois
  • 2001Conseils d'une tante
  • 200211'09"01 September 11
  • 2003Anger of the Gods
  • 2008Stories on Human Rights