John Akomfrah
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".
Filmography
Acting (6)
2024
Scala!!!as Self
7.8
2018
2008
This Is My Africaas Self
1992
Black and White in Colouras Self
10.0
1991
A Touch of the Tar Brushas Himself
Production & Directing (54)
2024
Listening All Night to the RainDirector
2023
ArcadiaDirector
2023
Becoming WindDirector
2021
Five MurmurationsDirector
2021
TriptychDirector
2019
Four NocturnesDirector
2018
Mimesis: African SoldierDirector
2017
PrecarityDirector
2017
PurpleDirector
2016
The AirportDirector
2016
Acts Of FaithDirector
8.0
2016
TropikosDirector
2015
Vertigo SeaDirector
8.0
2014
Transfigured NightDirector
2014
NumenDirector
2013
The Unfinished ConversationDirector
2013
Notes for a ReturnThanks
2013
Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
5.0
2013
The MarchDirector
4.8
2013
The Stuart Hall ProjectDirector
4.6
2013
10.0
2012
PeripeteiaDirector
2012
At the Graveside of TarkovskyDirector
2012
HauntologiesDirector
2010
The Nine MusesWriter
5.6
2010
The Nine MusesDirector
5.6
2010
MnemosyneWriter
2010
MnemosyneDirector
2009
Genome ChroniclesDirector
2003
8.0
2001
DigitopiaDirector
5.0
2001
DigitopiaWriter
5.0
1999
1999
RiotDirector
10.0
1998
Speak Like a ChildDirector
4.3
1998
The Call of MistDirector
1998
Goldie: When Saturn ReturnsDirector
7.0
1997
Martin Luther King: Days of HopeDirector
1996
The Last Angel of HistoryDirector
7.0
1996
Memory Room 451Director
4.5
1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm XDirector
10.0
1993
10.0
1991
A Touch of the Tar BrushDirector
1991
A Touch of the Tar BrushWriter
1991
Who Needs a HeartDirector
8.0
1991
Who Needs a HeartWriter
8.0
1990
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanEditorial Consultant
1988
TestamentDirector
7.0
1988
TestamentWriter
7.0
1986
Handsworth SongsDirector
5.9
1986
Handsworth SongsAdditional Photography
5.9
1984
1983
Expeditions 1 – Signs of EmpireDirector
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The Hour of the DogDirector