FILM DIRECTOR

Idrissa Ouédraogo

1954 - 2018

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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 44,047 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Idrissa Ouédraogo is the 948th most popular film director (up from 1,052nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Burkinabe Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 948 out of 2,041. Before him are Carlo Di Palma, Mark Donskoy, Jasmila Žbanić, Hideo Nakata, Ben Sharpsteen, and Giorgi Shengelaia. After him are Peter R. Hunt, Xie Jin, Erika Lust, Matt Reeves, Justine Triet, and Emeric Pressburger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 280. Before him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Spagna, Bob Rock, Ricardo Ferretti, Lance Kinsey, and Mustafa Barghouti. After him are Lawrence M. Krauss, Michael Sembello, Joe Bryant, Eliseo Salazar, Keith Campbell, and Joep Lange. Among people deceased in 2018, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 282. Before him are Ringo Lam, Sergio Pitol, Yurik Vardanyan, Hans Günter Winkler, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, and Tomasz Stańko. After him are Thomas S. Monson, Toshiko Fujita, Donald Moffat, Fadil Vokrri, George Maxwell Richards, and Barys Kit.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 11 out of 49. Before him are Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), and Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965). After him are Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Ibrahim Traoré (1988), Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958), and Gaston Kaboré (1951).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Burkina Faso

Among film directors born in Burkina Faso, Idrissa Ouédraogo ranks 1. After him are Gaston Kaboré (1951), and Fanta Régina Nacro (1962).

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