Directing

John Akomfrah

Accra, GhanaBorn 1957 (68 years old)

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".

Films

TV Shows

Crew Credits

Known For

6 Credits

Scala!!!

as Self

2024

Black and White in Colour

as Self

1992

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2025

This Is My Africa

as Self

2008

A Touch of the Tar Brush

as Himself

1991

John On The Void

2018

Behind the Camera

34 Credits

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

2013

Purple

Director

2017

Handsworth Songs

Director

1986

Testament

Director, Writer

1988

Triptych

Director

2021

The Airport

Director

2016

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Director, Writer

1993

Mnemosyne

Writer, Director

2010

Precarity

Director

2017

Who Needs a Heart

Director, Writer

1991

Riot

Director

1999

Vertigo Sea

Director

2015