# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abderrahmane-sissako
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:58:30.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abderrahmane-sissako"
name: "Abderrahmane Sissako"
slug: "abderrahmane-sissako"
description: "Abderrahmane Sissako 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. Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people. His 2014 film Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film."
tagline: "Mauritanian film director and film producer (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abderrahmane_Sissako_C%C3%A9sar_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.13805466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump