June 4, 1961 (65 years old)
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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Dani Kouyaté is an acclaimed film director, storyteller, musician, and griot. A descendant of the Mandinka griot tradition, he studied film in Ouagadougou and later earned advanced degrees in cinema and anthropology in Paris. His debut feature Keïta! l’Héritage du griot (1995) won the Best First Film Prize at FESPACO and the Junior Prize at Cannes. He has since directed powerful films like Sia, le rêve du python, Ouaga-Saga, and Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions, which won the Golden Stallion at FESPACO 2025. Kouyaté also teaches film and theatre at Uppsala University in Sweden.
Primary craft
directing
Birth date
June 4, 1961
Latest project
Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions
Awards
0 wins, 0 nominations
Credits
| Year | Title | Role | SpicyMeter | NollyCritic | Earnings |
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| 2024 | Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions | crew |
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| 2024 | Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions | crew | 0.0 | — | — |
