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
| Birth Location | Accra, Ghana |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957-05-04 |
Movies
Scala!!!
as Self
2024
2018
This Is My Africa
as Self
2008
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992
A Touch of the Tar Brush
as Himself
1991
Movies
Arcadia
Director
2023
Becoming Wind
Director
2023
Five Murmurations
Director
2021
Triptych
Director
2021
Four Nocturnes
Director
2019
Mimesis: African Soldier
Director
2018
Precarity
Director
2017
Purple
Director
2017
Acts Of Faith
Director
2016
Tropikos
Director
2016
The Airport
Director
2016
Vertigo Sea
Director
2015
Transfigured Night
Director
2014
Numen
Director
2014
The Unfinished Conversation
Director
2013
2013
The March
Director
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013
The Stuart Hall Project
Director
2013
2013
Peripeteia
Director
2012
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky
Director
2012
Hauntologies
Director
2012
The Nine Muses
Writer
2010
The Nine Muses
Director
2010
Mnemosyne
Writer
2010
Mnemosyne
Director
2010
Genome Chronicles
Director
2009
2003
Digitopia
Writer
2001
Digitopia
Director
2001
1999
Riot
Director
1999
Speak Like a Child
Director
1998
The Call of Mist
Director
1998
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Director
1998
The Last Angel of History
Director
1996
Memory Room 451
Director
1996
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Writer
1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Director
1993
A Touch of the Tar Brush
Director
1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush
Writer
1991
Who Needs a Heart
Writer
1991
Who Needs a Heart
Director
1991
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Editorial Consultant
1990
Testament
Writer
1988
Testament
Director
1988
Handsworth Songs
Additional Photography
1986
Handsworth Songs
Director
1986
1984
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
Director
1983