Moustapha Alassane was born in 1942 in N'Dougou, Niger. He was a director and writer, known for Kokoa (2019), Toula, or the Genie of the Water (1974) and FVVA: Femme, villa, voiture, argent (2010). He died on March 17, 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.