John Akomfrah
Directing · Director · Writer · Additional Photography
Born May 4, 1957 · Accra, Ghana
Active 1983–present · Awards: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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…
Filmography
The Hour of the Dog - DirectorMartin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013) - DirectorSeven Songs for Malcolm X (1993) - Director · WriterRiot (1999) - DirectorTurner: The Secret Sketchbooks (2025)The Last Angel of History (1996) - DirectorStan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz (2003) - DirectorActs Of Faith (2016) - DirectorWho Needs a Heart (1991) - Director · WriterVertigo Sea (2015) - DirectorHandsworth Songs (1986) - Director · Additional PhotographyVenice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) - DirectorTestament (1988) - Director · WriterGoldie: When Saturn Returns (1998) - DirectorThe Nine Muses (2010) - Writer · DirectorThe March (2013) - DirectorDigitopia (2001) - Director · WriterThe Stuart Hall Project (2013) - DirectorSpeak Like a Child (1998) - DirectorMemory Room 451 (1996) - DirectorJohn On The Void (2018)Triptych (2021) - DirectorFour Nocturnes (2019) - DirectorMnemosyne (2010) - Writer · Director