Idrissa Ouedraogo
Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1954
Country: Burkina Faso
Biography: Idrissa Ouedraogo is a graduate of the African Institute for Cinema Studies (Institut Africain d'Etudes Cinématographiques) in Ouagadougou. In 1981 he began to work for the Burkina Faso Directorate of Cinema Production (Direction de la Production Cinématographique du Burkina Faso), where he directed several short films. The short film Poko won the short film prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in 1981. After studying in Kiev in the USSR he moved to Paris
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 8 (Director), 7 (Writer)
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