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John Akomfrah

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1957-05-04 (67 years old)

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".

Filmography

all 47

Movies 47

Director 41

self 4

Self

Scala!!! (2024)

Movie

Director

Arcadia (2023)

Movie

Director

Becoming Wind (2023)

Movie

Director

Five Murmurations (2021)

Movie

Director

Triptych (2021)

Movie

Director

Four Nocturnes (2019)

Movie

John On The Void (2018)

Movie

Director

Mimesis: African Soldier (2018)

Movie

Director

Precarity (2017)

Movie

Director

Purple (2017)

Movie

Director

Acts Of Faith (2016)

Movie

Director

The Airport (2016)

Movie

Director

Tropikos (2016)

Movie

Director

Vertigo Sea (2015)

Movie

Director

Transfigured Night (2014)

Movie

Director

Numen (2014)

Movie

Director

The Unfinished Conversation (2013)

Movie

Director

Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster (2013)

Movie

Director

The March (2013)

Movie

Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Movie

Director

The Stuart Hall Project (2013)

Movie

Director

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)

Movie

Director

Peripeteia (2012)

Movie

Director

At the Graveside of Tarkovsky (2012)

Movie

Director

Hauntologies (2012)

Movie

Director

The Nine Muses (2010)

Movie

Director

Mnemosyne (2010)

Movie

Director

Genome Chronicles (2009)

Movie

Self

This Is My Africa (2008)

Movie

Director

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz (2003)

Movie

Director

Digitopia (2001)

Movie

Director

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)

Movie

Director

Riot (1999)

Movie

Director

Speak Like a Child (1998)

Movie

Director

The Call of Mist (1998)

Movie

Director

Goldie: When Saturn Returns (1998)

Movie

Director

The Last Angel of History (1996)

Movie

Director

Memory Room 451 (1996)

Movie

Director

Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)

Movie

Self

Black and White in Colour (1992)

Movie

Himself / Director / Writer

A Touch of the Tar Brush (1991)

Movie

Director

Who Needs a Heart (1991)

Movie

Editorial Consultant

Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990)

Movie

Director

Testament (1988)

Movie

Director

Handsworth Songs (1986)

Movie

Director

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality (1984)

Movie

Director

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire (1983)

Movie

Ratings

Average 3.41

Based on 4.61 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time

1983

1998

2012

2008

2024

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1957-05-04 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Accra, Ghana

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Residences
London, United Kingdom

Awards
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Last updated: 09 Dec, 2023

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Biography

Filmography

all 47

Movies 47

Director 41

self 4

Scala!!! (2024)

Arcadia (2023)

Becoming Wind (2023)

Five Murmurations (2021)

Triptych (2021)

Four Nocturnes (2019)

John On The Void (2018)

Mimesis: African Soldier (2018)

Precarity (2017)

Purple (2017)

Acts Of Faith (2016)

The Airport (2016)

Tropikos (2016)

Vertigo Sea (2015)

Transfigured Night (2014)

Numen (2014)

The Unfinished Conversation (2013)

Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster (2013)

The March (2013)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

The Stuart Hall Project (2013)

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)

Peripeteia (2012)

At the Graveside of Tarkovsky (2012)

Hauntologies (2012)

The Nine Muses (2010)

Mnemosyne (2010)

Genome Chronicles (2009)

This Is My Africa (2008)

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz (2003)

Digitopia (2001)

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)

Riot (1999)

Speak Like a Child (1998)

The Call of Mist (1998)

Goldie: When Saturn Returns (1998)

The Last Angel of History (1996)

Memory Room 451 (1996)

Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)

Black and White in Colour (1992)

A Touch of the Tar Brush (1991)

Who Needs a Heart (1991)

Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990)

Testament (1988)

Handsworth Songs (1986)

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality (1984)

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire (1983)

Ratings

Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1957-05-04 (67 years old)

Birth PlaceAccra, Ghana

CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom

ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom

AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Related Persons

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1957-05-04 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Accra, Ghana

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Residences
London, United Kingdom

Awards
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire