# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/souleymane-cisse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:59:15.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/souleymane-cisse"
name: "Souleymane Cissé"
slug: "souleymane-cisse"
description: "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\"."
tagline: "Malian film director (1940–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ciss%C3%A9_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-04-21"
deathDate: "2025-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0162878"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump