FILM DIRECTOR

Gaston Kaboré

1951 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Kaboré has received more than 27,140 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gaston Kaboré is the 1,249th most popular film director (up from 1,334th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (down from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Burkinabe Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gaston Kaboré by language

Over the past year Gaston Kaboré has had the most page views in the with 4,595 views, followed by English (3,309), and German (1,063). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (158.29%), Igbo (98.81%), and French (88.71%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gaston Kaboré ranks 1,249 out of 2,041. Before him are Cédric Klapisch, Shinichirō Watanabe, José Luis Cuerda, Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, and Paweł Edelman. After him are Kwak Jae-yong, Jacques Rouffio, J. Searle Dawley, Corey Allen, Kurt Hoffmann, and Simon West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gaston Kaboré ranks 435. Before him are Zoltán Ribli, Bill Moseley, Sergey Tereshchenko, Hans Schlegel, Fiorella Bonicelli, and Hossein Alizadeh. After him are Timothy Bottoms, Suad Amiry, Albert Salvadó, Aaron Norris, Freundel Stuart, and Aleksey Buldakov.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Gaston Kaboré ranks 17 out of 49. Before him are Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Ibrahim Traoré (1988), and Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958). After him are Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Tertius Zongo (1957), Jacky Ido (1977), and Wilfried Sanou (1984).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Burkina Faso

Among film directors born in Burkina Faso, Gaston Kaboré ranks 2. Before him are Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954). After him are Fanta Régina Nacro (1962).

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Filmography

God's Gift
Director
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God's Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.
Mar 27o 19836.4 / 10
Zan Boko
Director
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called 'Zan Boko' - a phrase which connotes the religious, cultural and affective relations that bind the child to the land and that embraces the notions of 'rootedness' and 'belonging'. Kaboré tells the story of Tinga, who resists the encroaching urbanization of his native territory. The specific rhythms and vision of the rural community, including its values, social relationship, and individual & collective destinies, are altered when a city is planted on the edge of an ancient native village.
Oct 1o 19886.5 / 10
Lumière and Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Dec 20o 19956.3 / 10