Moustapha Alassane was born in 1942 in N'Dougou, Niger. He was a director and writer, known for Kokoa (2001), FVVA: Femme, villa, voiture, argent (1972) and Toula oder Der Geist des Wassers (1974). He died on March 17, 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.