# Souleymane Cissé

> Souleymane Cissé was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film Yeelen has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made".

*Malian film director (1940-2025)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/souleymane-cisse

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Born:** 1940-04-21
- **Died:** 2025-02-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 30.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162878/ (@nm0162878)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9)
- [سليمان سيسيه](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87)
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- [Souleymane Cissé (film director)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9_(film_director))
- [Souleymane Cissé](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9)
- [سلیمان سیسه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%87)
- [Souleymane Cissé](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9)
- [Souleymane Cissé](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9)
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- [Souleymane Cissé](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane_Ciss%C3%A9)
- [スレイマン・シセ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%BB)
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- [Сиссе, Сулейман](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1248110)
- [Souleymane Cissé](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075658)

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