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John Akomfrah

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John Akomfrah

Born
(age 69)
Birthplace
Accra, Ghana
Credits
51 titles

Biography

John Akomfrah, CBE (born 4 May 1957) is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 6

YearTitleRole
2025 Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks Film
2024 Scala!!! Film Self
2018 John On The Void Film
2008 This Is My Africa Film Self
1992 Black and White in Colour Film Self
1991 A Touch of the Tar Brush Film Himself

Crew credits 46

YearTitleJob
TBA The Hour of the Dog Film Director
2024 Listening All Night to the Rain Film Director
2023 Arcadia Film Director
2023 Becoming Wind Film Director
2021 Five Murmurations Film Director
2021 Triptych Film Director
2019 Four Nocturnes Film Director
2018 Mimesis: African Soldier Film Director
2017 Precarity Film Director
2017 Purple Film Director
2016 The Airport Film Director
2016 Acts Of Faith Film Director
2016 Tropikos Film Director
2015 Vertigo Sea Film Director
2014 Transfigured Night Film Director
2014 Numen Film Director
2013 The Unfinished Conversation Film Director
2013 Notes for a Return Film Thanks
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded Film Director
2013 The March Film Director
2013 The Stuart Hall Project Film Director
2013 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington Film Director
2012 Peripeteia Film Director
2012 At the Graveside of Tarkovsky Film Director
2012 Hauntologies Film Director
2010 The Nine Muses Film Writer, Director
2010 Mnemosyne Film Writer, Director
2009 Genome Chronicles Film Director
2003 Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz Film Director
2001 Digitopia Film Director, Writer
1999 The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong Film Director
1999 Riot Film Director
1998 Speak Like a Child Film Director
1998 The Call of Mist Film Director
1998 Goldie: When Saturn Returns Film Director
1997 Martin Luther King: Days of Hope Film Director
1996 The Last Angel of History Film Director
1996 Memory Room 451 Film Director
1993 Seven Songs for Malcolm X Film Director, Writer
1991 A Touch of the Tar Brush Film Director, Writer
1991 Who Needs a Heart Film Director, Writer
1990 Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Film Editorial Consultant
1988 Testament Film Director, Writer
1986 Handsworth Songs Film Director, Additional Photography
1984 Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality Film Director
1983 Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire Film Director
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