Assane Kouyaté (born 1954) is a Malian film director.Assane Kouyaté
was born in Bamako in 1954. In 1976 he got his degree in arts from the
Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, then went to the Moscow Institute
of Cinema and Television, where he got his Diploma of Study of Cinema
in 1989.In 1988, he worked with Russian director Sergei Salaviov as an
assistant on the movie Pigeon. He has collaborated with many directors
worldwide, such as the Argentine Pablo César (Aphrodite, 1998).In
2002, he produced his first full-length film of his own: Kabala, which
tells the story of a Mandé village whose well dries up. Kabala won
both the award for best screenplay and the Special Jury Prize at the
pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television at Ouagadougou.
was born in Bamako in 1954. In 1976 he got his degree in arts from the
Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, then went to the Moscow Institute
of Cinema and Television, where he got his Diploma of Study of Cinema
in 1989.In 1988, he worked with Russian director Sergei Salaviov as an
assistant on the movie Pigeon. He has collaborated with many directors
worldwide, such as the Argentine Pablo César (Aphrodite, 1998).In
2002, he produced his first full-length film of his own: Kabala, which
tells the story of a Mandé village whose well dries up. Kabala won
both the award for best screenplay and the Special Jury Prize at the
pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television at Ouagadougou.
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