John Akomfrah

male

Born on May 04, 1957 (68 years old)

From Accra, Ghana

Known for Directing

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".

Cast Credits

2024
- Scala!!!
  as
  Self
  2024
2018
- John On The Void
  2018
2008
- This Is My Africa
  as
  Self
  2008
1992
- no image
  Black and White in Colour
  as
  Self
  1992
1991
- A Touch of the Tar Brush
  as
  Himself
  1991

Crew Credits

2024
- Listening All Night To The Rain
  as
  Director
  2024
2023
- Becoming Wind
  as
  Director
  2023
- no image
  Arcadia
  as
  Director
  2023
2021
- Triptych
  as
  Director
  2021
- no image
  Five Murmurations
  as
  Director
  2021
2019
- Four Nocturnes
  as
  Director
  2019
2018
- no image
  Mimesis: African Soldier
  as
  Director
  2018
2017
- Purple
  as
  Director
  2017
- Precarity
  as
  Director
  2017
2016
- The Airport
  as
  Director
  2016
- Acts Of Faith
  as
  Director
  2016
- Tropikos
  as
  Director
  2016
2015
- Vertigo Sea
  as
  Director
  2015
2014
- Numen
  as
  Director
  2014
- Transfigured Night
  as
  Director
  2014
2013
- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
  as
  Director
  2013
- The Stuart Hall Project
  as
  Director
  2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded
  as
  Director
  2013
- no image
  The March
  as
  Director
  2013
- Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster
  as
  Director
  2013
- The Unfinished Conversation
  as
  Director
  2013
2012
- no image
  Peripeteia
  as
  Director
  2012
- no image
  Hauntologies
  as
  Director
  2012
- At the Graveside of Tarkovsky
  as
  Director
  2012
2010
- The Nine Muses
  as
  Writer
  2010
- The Nine Muses
  as
  Director
  2010
- Mnemosyne
  as
  Writer
  2010
- Mnemosyne
  as
  Director
  2010
2009
- no image
  Genome Chronicles
  as
  Director
  2009
2003
- no image
  Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
  as
  Director
  2003
2001
- no image
  Digitopia
  as
  Director
  2001
- no image
  Digitopia
  as
  Writer
  2001
1999
- Riot
  as
  Director
  1999
- The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
  as
  Director
  1999
1998
- Speak Like a Child
  as
  Director
  1998
- Goldie: When Saturn Returns
  as
  Director
  1998
- The Call of Mist
  as
  Director
  1998
1996
- The Last Angel of History
  as
  Director
  1996
- Memory Room 451
  as
  Director
  1996
1993
- Seven Songs for Malcolm X
  as
  Director
  1993
- Seven Songs for Malcolm X
  as
  Writer
  1993
1991
- Who Needs a Heart
  as
  Director
  1991
- Who Needs a Heart
  as
  Writer
  1991
- A Touch of the Tar Brush
  as
  Director
  1991
- A Touch of the Tar Brush
  as
  Writer
  1991
1990
- Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  as
  Editorial Consultant
  1990
1988
- Testament
  as
  Director
  1988
- Testament
  as
  Writer
  1988
1986
- Handsworth Songs
  as
  Director
  1986
- Handsworth Songs
  as
  Additional Photography
  1986
1984
- Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
  as
  Director
  1984
1983
- Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
  as
  Director
  1983

John Akomfrah

Biography

Cast Credits

Scala!!!

John On The Void

This Is My Africa

Black and White in Colour

A Touch of the Tar Brush

Crew Credits

Listening All Night To The Rain

Becoming Wind

Arcadia

Triptych

Five Murmurations

Four Nocturnes

Mimesis: African Soldier

Purple

Precarity

The Airport

Acts Of Faith

Tropikos

Vertigo Sea

Numen

Transfigured Night

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

The Stuart Hall Project

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

The March

Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster

The Unfinished Conversation

Peripeteia

Hauntologies

At the Graveside of Tarkovsky

The Nine Muses

The Nine Muses

Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne

Genome Chronicles

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

Digitopia

Digitopia

Riot

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Speak Like a Child

Goldie: When Saturn Returns

The Call of Mist

The Last Angel of History

Memory Room 451

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Who Needs a Heart

Who Needs a Heart

A Touch of the Tar Brush

A Touch of the Tar Brush

Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Testament

Testament

Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire