Saint Pierre Yameogo
Yameogo in 2005
Born(1955-05-15)15 May 1955
Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Died1 April 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 63)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1987–2019

Saint Pierre Yameogo (15 May 1955 – 1 April 2019)[1] was a Burkinabé film director and screenwriter. He directed six films since 1987. His film Delwende was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prize of Hope award.[2]

Filmography

  • L'Œuf silhouette (1984)
  • Dunia (1987)
  • Laafi - Tout va bien (1991)
  • Wendemi, l'enfant du bon Dieu (1993)
  • Silmandé - Tourbillon (1998)
  • Moi et mon blanc (2003)
  • Delwende (2005)
  • Réfugiés…. mais humains (2007)
  • Bayiri, la patrie (2011)

References

  1. ↑ Page triste: décès du cinéaste burkinabè Saint Pierre Yaméogo (in French)
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Delwende". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2009.


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