Kaboré, Gaston, 1951-

LC control no.	n 85376695
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Personal name heading	Kaboré, Gaston, 1951- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kaboré, Jean-Marie Gaston, 1951-
Associated country	Burkina Faso
Birth date	1951-04-23
Place of birth	Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
Affiliation	Université de Paris Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne Centre national de la cinématographie (France) Pan-African Federation of Film-Makers Centre d'Études Supérieures d'Histoire of Ouagadougou Ministry of Information and Culture in Ouagadougou
Profession or occupation	Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters
Found in	Wênd Kûuni [MP] 1982: credits (director, Gaston Kaboré; producer, Gaston J.M. Kaboré) Bachy, V. Haute-Volta et la cinéma, 1983: p. 35 (Gaston Kaboré; Gaston J.M. Kaboré, b. 4-23-51) Internet movie database, Feb. 9, 2000 (Gaston Kaboré, birth name: Jean-Marie Gaston Kaboré, sometimes credited as: Gaston J.-M. Kaboré, b. 1952; director, actor, writer) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed May 02, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Kaboré, Gaston; Jean-Marie Gaston Kaboré; motion picture producer / director, screenwriter; born 23 April 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; degree from the Centre d'Études Supérieures d'Histoire of Ouagadougou (1970-1972); licence from the University of Paris IV Sorbonne (1972-1973); bachelor's and master's from the University of Paris I in history (1974, 1975); diplôme d'études cinématographiques from the École Supérieure des Études Cinématographiques (ESEC) (1976); technical adviser for cinema in Ministry of Information and Culture in Ouagadougou (1977-1981); first director of the National Cinema Center (1977-1988); taught at INAFEC (1977-1988); participated in initiatives of the African Filmmakers Association (FEPACI); released first feature film, Wend Kuuni (1982); second feature, Zan Boko (1988); directed several films, including Rabi and Buud Yam; honors include, among others, César award for Best Francophone Film (1985); grand prize of FESPACO (1997); McMillan-Stewart Fellowship for Distinguished Filmmaking (2002-2003); Lessons of Cinema honor at the Pan-African Film Festival of Rome (2007))