Abderrahmane Sissako (Arabic: عبد الرحمن سيساكو; born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer.

Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people.

[4]: 195  He spent his childhood in Mali,[5]: 69  then returned to Mauritania at age 18 to live with his mother.

[4]: 196  He left for Moscow in 1983 with a scholarship to study cinema at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography,[4]: 47, 191 [5]: 69  where he made his graduation film, The Game, in 1988.

[8] In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Sissako signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.