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John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah

Actor, Director, Writer

Born May 4, 1957 in Accra, Ghana

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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".

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3 wins and 5 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

9

Type

Year

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks Poster

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks Feature Film2025Self - Interviewed Guest

Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits Poster

Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits Feature Film2023Self

Black and White in Colour Rushes Documentary2014Self

The Stuart Hall Project Q&A: 13 September 2013 Documentary2014Self - Director

Creation in Exile: Five Filmmaker in Conversation Feature Film2013

The DVD Collection Poster

The DVD Collection TV Series2001Self

Black and White in Colour Poster

Black and White in Colour Mini-Series1992Self

Think of England TV Series1991Self - Presenter

Newsnight Poster

Newsnight TV Series1980Self

Director

41

Type

Year

The Hour of the Dog Poster

The Hour of the Dog Feature Film2025

Listening All Night to the Rain Poster

Listening All Night to the Rain Feature Film2024

Arcadia Feature Film2023

Five Murmurations Feature Film2021

Triptych Short Film2021

Four Nocturnes Poster

Four Nocturnes Feature Film2019

Mimesis: African Soldier Poster

Mimesis: African Soldier Feature Film2018

Precarity Feature Film2017

Purple Feature Film2017

Auto Da Fé Poster

Auto Da Fé Short Film2016

The Airport Poster

The Airport Feature Film2016

Vertigo Sea Poster

Vertigo Sea Feature Film2015

The Silence Poster

The Silence Short Film2014

Tropikos Poster

Tropikos Short Film2014

The March Poster

The March Documentary2013

The Stuart Hall Project Poster

The Stuart Hall Project Documentary2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded Poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded Documentary2013

Docs interdits Poster

Docs interdits TV Series2011

Mnemosyne Poster

Mnemosyne Documentary2010

The Nine Muses Poster

The Nine Muses Documentary2010

Oil Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Documentary2009

Wetin Dey Poster

Wetin Dey TV Series2007

Urban Soul: The Making of Modern R&B Documentary2004

Mariah Carey: The Billion Dollar Babe Documentary2003

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz Documentary2003

A Very British Murder TV Series2001

Digitopia Short Film2001

Stalkers Documentary2001

Riot Documentary1999

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong Poster

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong Documentary1999

Call of Mist Short Film1998

Goldie: When Saturn Returnz Poster

Goldie: When Saturn Returnz Documentary1998

Speak Like a Child Poster

Speak Like a Child Feature Film1998

Martin Luther King: Days of Hope TV Movie1997

The Last Angel of History Poster

The Last Angel of History Documentary1996

Voices in the Dark TV Movie1996

African Footsteps TV Series1995

Seven Songs for Malcolm X Poster

Seven Songs for Malcolm X Documentary1993

Who Needs a Heart Poster

Who Needs a Heart Feature Film1991

Testament Poster

Testament Feature Film1988

Handsworth Songs Poster

Handsworth Songs Documentary1986

Writer

9

Type

Year

Tropikos Poster

Tropikos Short Film2014

Mnemosyne Poster

Mnemosyne Documentary2010

The Nine Muses Poster

The Nine Muses Documentary2010

Digitopia Short Film2001

Call of Mist Short Film1998

Seven Songs for Malcolm X Poster

Seven Songs for Malcolm X Documentary1993

Think of England TV Series1991

Who Needs a Heart Poster

Who Needs a Heart Feature Film1991

Testament Poster

Testament Feature Film1988

Other Crew

1

Black and White in Colour Poster

Black and White in Colour Mini-Series1992

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Leave the Edges Feature Film2025

Enemy Alien Poster

Enemy Alien Short Film2022

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Handsworth Songs Poster

Handsworth Songs Documentary1986

Casting Director

1

Testament Poster

Testament Feature Film1988

Producer

1

The Eyes of Ghana Poster

The Eyes of Ghana Feature Film2025

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