FILM DIRECTOR

Abderrahmane Sissako

1961 - Today

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Abderrahmane Sissako (Arabic: عبد الرحمن سيساكو; born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning a FIPRESCI Prize. His 2006 film Bamako received much attention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abderrahmane Sissako has received more than 161,097 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Abderrahmane Sissako is the 1,160th most popular film director (up from 1,170th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Mauritania and the most popular Mauritanian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Abderrahmane Sissako ranks 1,160 out of 2,041. Before him are Daniel Mann, Robert Guédiguian, Georg Jacoby, Arnaud Desplechin, Li Han-hsiang, and Leonid Trauberg. After him are David R. Ellis, Laurent Cantet, Liviu Ciulei, Fridrikh Ermler, Marc Caro, and Vytautas Žalakevičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Abderrahmane Sissako ranks 285. Before him are Rune Bratseth, Eric van de Poele, Riad al-Asaad, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Yuri Milner, and Jon Ola Sand. After him are Laurent Cantet, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Kai-Fu Lee, Latifa, Lauren Lane, and Manuel Estiarte.

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In Mauritania

Among people born in Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako ranks 10 out of 20. Before him are Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956), Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), and Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963). After him are Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957), Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957), Yahya Ould Hademine (1953), Malouma (1960), Gerardo Miranda (1956), and Mamoudou Athie (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mauritania

Among film directors born in Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako ranks 1. 

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Filmography

Timbuktu
Director
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
Dec 10o 20147 / 10
Bamako
Director
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
Jun 21o 20066.9 / 10
Waiting for Happiness
Director
Before immigrating to the West, Abdallah travels to the coastal city of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, to visit his mother. Although he grew up there, Abdallah feels anything but at home in his old neighborhood: He can no longer speak the local dialect, and he wears western clothes that immediately cast him as an outsider. But, as Abdallah spends time with a young boy and an elderly electrician, he can't help but feel a sense of loss for the life he's abandoning.
May 19o 20026.4 / 10