Cédric Ido (born 22 October 1980) is a French-Burkinabe director, writer and actor. He grew up in

Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis Stains () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Heraldry Population Transport Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D. This station is located at th ...

, a small suburban town near

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and in

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

during

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist–Leninist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist, who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his deposition and ...

’s revolution. His directing works have been exhibited worldwide in

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festivals such as Seattle, Dubai and Venice. In 2015 he won the

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for best short film with Twaaga, which takes place in Burkina Faso during Thomas Sankara's revolution. He has directed his brother, actor

Jacky Ido Jacky Ido (born 14 May 1977) is a Burkinabé-born French actor. His first role was as Lemalian in the 2005 German film, ''The White Masai''. He is best known to English-language audiences for his role as Marcel, the film projectionist in Quentin ...

, on a number of films including Chateau, and Hasaki Ya Suda.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ido, Cedric 1980 births Living people Black French actors French film directors French male film actors French male screenwriters French people of Burkinabé descent People from Seine-Saint-Denis