Kaboré, Gaston, 1951-

found: Wênd Kûuni [MP] 1982:credits (director, Gaston Kaboré; producer, Gaston J.M. Kaboré)

found: Bachy, V. Haute-Volta et la cinéma, 1983:p. 35 (Gaston Kaboré; Gaston J.M. Kaboré, b. 4-23-51)

found: 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)

found: 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))