John Akomfrah
Known for Directing
Born May 4, 1957
Place of Birth Accra, Ghana
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".
Filmography
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Director
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025
This Is My Africa
2008
as Self
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Director
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Writer
Black and White in Colour
1992
as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
Director
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
Director
Who Needs a Heart
1991
Director
Who Needs a Heart
1991
Writer
The Last Angel of History
1996
Director
Speak Like a Child
1998
Director
Handsworth Songs
1986
Director
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
1998
Director
The Nine Muses
2010
Director
The Nine Muses
2010
Writer
Riot
1999
Director
Precarity
2017
Director
Tropikos
2016
Director
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