Abderrahmane Sissako
Mauritanian film director and film producer · Mauritania · On the map · Directors · Born 1961 · age 65
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.
Abderrahmane Sissako is read about 54 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 116 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
ArtouFilm, Director, Writer2024
Black TeaFilm, Director, Writer2020
Le vol du BoliFilm, Director2019Al ZubarahFilm, Director, Writer2015César Award for Best DirectorAwardLumière Award for Best DirectorAwardLumière Award for Best FilmAward2014
TimbuktuFilm, Director, Writer2013Honorary Doctor of Paris 8 UniversityAward2008
8Film, Director, Writer2007
BamakoFilm, Director, Writer2006
Dry SeasonFilm, Producer2003Prix France Culture CinémaAwardStallion of YennengaAward
Little MenFilm, 2003Producer2002
Our FatherFilm, Producer1997
Africa DreamingFilm, Director, Writer1996Le Chameau et les bâtons flottantsFilm, Director1993OctoberFilm, Director, Writer1991
The GameFilm, Director, Writer1961Born13 October 1961People around Abderrahmane
Close ties
Dora Bouchoucha Produced Africa Dreaming and Sabriya
Danny Glover Abderrahmane directed Bamako (2007)
Mira Nair Produced 8 (2008)
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Also in Our Father and Dry Season
Fatoumata Diawara Abderrahmane directed Timbuktu (2014)
Aïssa Maïga Abderrahmane directed Bamako (2007)
Elia Suleiman Abderrahmane produced Bamako (2007)
Toulou Kiki Abderrahmane directed Timbuktu (2014)
Étienne Comar Produced Timbuktu (2014)
Jean-Henri Roger Abderrahmane produced Bamako (2007)- Bridget Pickering Produced Africa Dreaming (1997)
Youssouf Djaoro Abderrahmane produced Daratt (2008)
Zeka Laplaine Abderrahmane directed Bamako (2007)
Hichem Yacoubi Abderrahmane directed Timbuktu (2014)
Habib Dembélé Abderrahmane produced Bamako (2007)
Issa Doumbia Abderrahmane produced Bamako (2007)- Bouchra Hraich Abderrahmane produced The Mosque (2010)
Joslyn Barnes Produced Bamako (2007)
Sylvie Pialat Produced Timbuktu (2014)
Frédérique Dumas Produced Timbuktu (2014)
Zhang Han Abderrahmane directed Black Tea (2024)
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About this person
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.
