About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1957-05-04
Place of birth:
Accra, Ghana
Website:
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John Akomfrah

Overview

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".

Known for

Acting
2024 Scala!!! Actor Self 59
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2018 John On The Void Actor N/A
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2008 This Is My Africa Actor Self N/A
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1992 Black and White in Colour Actor Self N/A
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1991 A Touch of the Tar Brush Actor Himself N/A
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Directing
2023 Arcadia Directing Director N/A
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2023 Becoming Wind Directing Director N/A
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2021 Five Murmurations Directing Director N/A
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2021 Triptych Directing Director N/A
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2019 Four Nocturnes Directing Director N/A
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2018 Mimesis: African Soldier Directing Director N/A
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2017 Precarity Directing Director N/A
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2017 Purple Directing Director N/A
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2016 The Airport Directing Director N/A
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2016 Acts Of Faith Directing Director 59
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2016 Tropikos Directing Director N/A
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2015 Vertigo Sea Directing Director 58
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2014 Transfigured Night Directing Director N/A
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2014 Numen Directing Director N/A
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2013 The Unfinished Conversation Directing Director N/A
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2013 Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster Directing Director N/A
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2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded Directing Director 58
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2013 The March Directing Director 58
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2013 The Stuart Hall Project Directing Director 58
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2013 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington Directing Director 59
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2012 Peripeteia Directing Director N/A
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2012 At the Graveside of Tarkovsky Directing Director N/A
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2012 Hauntologies Directing Director N/A
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2010 The Nine Muses Directing Director 59
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2010 Mnemosyne Directing Director N/A
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2009 Genome Chronicles Directing Director N/A
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2003 Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz Directing Director 59
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2001 Digitopia Directing Director 59
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1999 The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong Directing Director N/A
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1999 Riot Directing Director N/A
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1998 Speak Like a Child Directing Director 58
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1998 The Call of Mist Directing Director N/A
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1998 Goldie: When Saturn Returns Directing Director 59
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1997 Martin Luther King: Days of Hope Directing Director N/A
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1996 The Last Angel of History Directing Director 59
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1996 Memory Room 451 Directing Director 59
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1993 Seven Songs for Malcolm X Directing Director N/A
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1991 A Touch of the Tar Brush Directing Director N/A
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1991 Who Needs a Heart Directing Director N/A
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1988 Testament Directing Director N/A
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1986 Handsworth Songs Directing Director 58
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1984 Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality Directing Director N/A
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1983 Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2010 The Nine Muses Writing Writer 59
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2010 Mnemosyne Writing Writer N/A
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2001 Digitopia Writing Writer 59
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1993 Seven Songs for Malcolm X Writing Writer N/A
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1991 A Touch of the Tar Brush Writing Writer N/A
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1991 Who Needs a Heart Writing Writer N/A
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1988 Testament Writing Writer N/A
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Camera
1986 Handsworth Songs Camera Additional Photography 58
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Editing
1990 Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Editing Editorial Consultant N/A
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