The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Burkina Faso
This page contains a list of the greatest Burkinabe Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 2 of which were born in Burkina Faso. This makes Burkina Faso the birth place of the 62nd most number of Film Directors behind Mauritania, and Belarus.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Burkinabe Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Burkinabe Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954 - 2018)
With an HPI of 48.95, Idrissa Ouédraogo is the most famous Burkinabe Film Director. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Idrissa Ouédraogo (21 January 1954 – 18 February 2018) was a Burkinabé filmmaker. His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. He is best known for his feature film Tilaï, which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and Samba Traoré (1993), which was nominated for the Silver Bear award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
2. Gaston Kaboré (b. 1951)
With an HPI of 45.85, Gaston Kaboré is the 2nd most famous Burkinabe Film Director. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Gaston Kaboré (born 1951) is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry. He has won awards for his films Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam. He is the founder of Imagine Institute, a school he opened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2003, that provides workshops and residencies for film and television professionals.
3. Fanta Régina Nacro (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 33.84, Fanta Régina Nacro is the 3rd most famous Burkinabe Film Director. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Fanta Regina Nacro (born 4 September 1962) is well known for being the first woman from Burkina Faso to direct a feature film and is a founding member of the Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs (The African Guild of Directors and Producers). She is an artist who explores the themes of African cinema while tackling issues surrounding illness such as AIDS, and education for the girl child. She represents the "New African Wave". Nacro's films tend to question the traditions of Burkina Faso, while looking at the relationship between tradition and modernity in today's world.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Burkinabe film directors born between 1951 and 1962. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Burkinabe film directors include Gaston Kaboré, and Fanta Régina Nacro. The most famous deceased Burkinabe film directors include Idrissa Ouédraogo. As of April 2024, 1 new Burkinabe film directors have been added to Pantheon including Fanta Régina Nacro.
