1954 - 2018
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Idrissa Ouédraogo has received more than 40,886 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Idrissa Ouédraogo is the 1,055th most popular film director (up from 1,141st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Burkina Faso and the most popular Burkinabe Film Director.
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Among film directors, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 1,055 out of 1,581. Before him are Wanda Jakubowska, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Mimi Leder, Herbert Selpin, Fred Schepisi, and Lloyd Kaufman. After him are Kurt Maetzig, Pavel Lungin, Irwin Winkler, Anne Fontaine, Duncan Jones, and Fedor Ozep.
1907 - 1998
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,049
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 1,050
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 1,051
1904 - 1942
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,052
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 1,053
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 1,054
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 1,055
1911 - 2012
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 1,056
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 1,057
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 1,058
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,059
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,060
1895 - 1949
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,061
Among people born in 1954, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 299. Before him are Ellen von Unwerth, Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Bruno Coulais, Raymond T. Odierno, and Hanif Kureishi. After him are Piero Gros, Antonio Olmo, Robert Carradine, Marie-Theres Nadig, Phil Zimmermann, and Doug Bradley. Among people deceased in 2018, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 310. Before him are John Julius Norwich, Hugh Masekela, Pik Botha, Zvonko Bego, Arthur Barnard, and Barys Kit. After him are Sergio Gonella, Per Ahlmark, John Miles, Susan Anspach, David Goodall, and Kazimierz Kutz.
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 293
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 294
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 295
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 296
1954 - 2021
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 297
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 298
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 299
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 300
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 301
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 302
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 303
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 304
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 305
1929 - 2018
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 304
1939 - 2018
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 305
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 306
1940 - 2018
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 307
1929 - 2018
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 308
1910 - 2018
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 309
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 310
1933 - 2018
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 311
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 312
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 313
1942 - 2018
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 314
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 315
1929 - 2018
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 316
Among people born in Burkina Faso, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 10 out of 38. Before him are Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942). After him are Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Gaston Kaboré (1951), Paul Kaba Thieba (1959), and Tertius Zongo (1957).
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 4
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 5
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 9
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 13
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 14
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 15
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 16
Among film directors born in Burkina Faso, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 1. After him are Gaston Kaboré (1951).