Name: Souleymane Cissé
Birthday: 21 April 1940
Deathday: null
Place of Birth: Bamako, Mali
Known For: Directing
Souleymane Cissé is a Malian film director. In 1975 he shot Den Muso (The Young Girl), the first full length Malian feature in the Bambara language. It was immediately banned by the government. Then followed Baara (Work) in 1977, Finyè (The Wind) in 1981, and Yeelen (Brightness), Prix du Jury in Cannes in 1987.
