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Abderrahmane Sissako (Arabic: عبد الرحمن سيساكو; born 13 October 1961) 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.
IMDb provides information about the Mauritanian director and writer Abderrahmane Sissako, who has made films such as Timbuktu, Life on Earth and Bamako. See his biography, awards, credits, photos and trivia on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
- Kiffa, Mauritania
- Abderrahmane Sissako
Feb 19, 2024 · The Oscar-nominated director of 'Timbuktu' returns with a romantic drama about a woman who leaves Ivory Coast for China. He talks about his vision of immigration, culture and cinema in an interview with Variety.
THE FILMS OF ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO. By Manthia Diawara. Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu, 2014, digital video, color, sound, 97 minutes. Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed). TODAY, ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO is one of the most celebrated of Africa’s filmmakers, yet he remains something of an outlier. His cinema might best be thought of as free verse rather than ...
- Manthia Diawara
Abderrahmane Sissako was born on October 13, 1961 in Kiffa, Mauritania. He is a director and writer, known for Timbuktu (2014), Life on Earth (1998) and Waiting for Happiness (2002).
- October 13, 1961
Mar 1, 2024 · Sissako’s reputation as an artistic nomad comes to light one way or the other in all his films. In Black Tea, the two worlds he explores are eager to meet and are doomed not to. He pits the traumatised and emotionally thirsty African diaspora against the anxious and lonely Chinese modern society.
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Birthday: Oct 13, 1961. Birthplace: Mauritania. As the single most critically and historically vital director to emerge from the Northwest African country of Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako...
