Cheik Doukouré (born 1943), is a
Guinean
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filmmaker
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. He is notable as the director of critically acclaimed film ''Le Ballon d'Or''. Apart from filmmaking, he is also an actor, screenwriter and film producer.
Personal life
He was born in 1943 in
Kankan
Kankan ( Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 1 980 130 people as of 2020. The city is located in eastern Guinea about east of the ...
,
Guinea and had primary education in
Conakry. In 1964, he left Guinea and moved to
Paris
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, France. He completed the degree of modern literature at the
Sorbonne University
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in 1964, in modern letters and at the same time at Cours Simon then at the Conservatory of rue Blanche in 1965.
Career
While in France, he started his career as an actor in the theater and on television. At the end of the 1970s, Doukouré began to write screenplays started with ''Bako, l'autre rive'' in 1978 and then popular play ''Black Mic Mac'' in 1986.
In 1986, he made his maiden cinema appearance with the film ''Les Ripoux''. He also acted in the critically acclaim 1994 film ''Un indien dans la ville''.
In 1991, he made his directorial debut with Blanc d'ebene which takes place in Guinea during the Second World War. In 1993, he founded his production company in Guinea: 'Bako Productions'. Later in the same year, he produced his second feature ''Le Ballon d'Or''. The film focuses on an African peasant who became a football star. In 2001, he created the film ''Les Films de l'Alliance'' along with his screenwriter Danielle Ryan.
In 2001, he produced and act in ''Paris selon Moussa''. In 2003, he won the Prize for male interpretation at the 18th edition of
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It ...
(FESPACO) for his role in Paris according to Moussa.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Guinean people
Guinean film directors
Guinean actors
French film people
1943 births