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 Born in 1967 in Benin, where he lived until graduating from high school. After spending some years in Algeria and Italy, he went to Germany and started studying American Civilization at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1994 he enrolled at the Babelsberg School for Film and Television, where he studied directing. In 1999 Idrissou finished his studies and went to Paris, where he made his first longer documentary film. Si-Gueriki, the Queen Mother. The movie was shown in cinemas in France, as well as at numerous festivals around the world. It received several awards, including the prize for best francophone documentary feature at the Namur Festival in 2003. His last movie, another documentary, “Arlit The Second Paris” was selected at the International Berlin Filmfestival 2005, received several awards around the world, including Milano, Namur, Amiens and was shown in cinemas in Germany. Right now he works on a fiction project. Working as a screenwriter, director and producer, Idrissou lives between Paris and Cologne.
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