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

Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis Stains () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, 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 ...

, a small suburban town near

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and in

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, wi ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

during

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

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

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

festivals such as Seattle, Dubai and Venice. In 2015 he won the Africa Movie Academy Award 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, on a number of films including Chateau, and

Hasaki Ya Suda ''Hasaki Ya Suda'' is a 2011 film. Synopsis The year is 2100. The global warming has caused massive droughts that have led to conflicts and famines. The first victims of the global warming are the Southern populations, forced to leave their la ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ido, Cedric 1980 births Living people Black French male actors 21st-century French male actors French film directors French male film actors French male screenwriters French people of Burkinabe descent People from Seine-Saint-Denis