Cilia Sawadogo
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Cilia Sawadogo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Education | Concordia University |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1989-present |
Cilia Sawadogo (born 1965) is a Canadian-Burkinabé-German filmmaker.
Biography[edit]
Born in Leipzig to a Burkinabé father and German mother, Sawadogo began studying animation techniques at Concordia University in Montreal, graduating in 1989 with a BA in communication studies and a minor in film animation.[1][2] After graduating, she began to animate and make films professionally, first working on several animations for the American children's show Sesame Street from 1992-1993.[3] In 1993, her first major work, La femme mariée à trios hommes (The woman with three husbands), was released and received several awards.[4] Throughout the 1990s, she worked on numerous short animated films in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, and in 1995 she assisted with the film Jonas et Lisa.[3] She is currently an associate professor of cinema at Concordia University and continues to produce animations, posters, and book illustrations.[1][4]
Filmography[edit]
The following is a list of short films by Sawadogo.[3][4]
| Film | Year Released |
|---|---|
| La femme mariée à trios hommes
(The Woman with Three Husbands) |
1993 |
| Naissance | 1993 |
| L'Arret d'autobus
(The bus stop) |
1994 |
| Le Joueur de cora
(The Cora Player) |
1996 |
| Christopher Changes his Name | 2000 |
| Christopher, Please Clean Up Your Room! | 2001 |
| L'Arbre aux esprits
(The Tree of Spirits) |
2005 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cilia Sawadogo Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Head (Film Animation), Cinema". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Biography of Cilia SAWADOGO". African Success. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Pallister, Janis; Hottell, Ruth (2005). Francophone Women Film Directors. Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp. pp. 30–32. ISBN 0-8386-4046-X.
- ^ a b c "Cilia Sawadogo". African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1965 births
- Canadian women animators
- Film directors from Montreal
- German people of Burkinabé descent
- Living people
- German emigrants to Canada
- Academic staff of Concordia University
- Canadian animators
- Canadian people of Burkinabé descent
- Canadian people of German descent
- Black Canadian filmmakers
- German women animators