John Akomfrah
- Born
- May 4, 1957 (69 years old)
- Place of birth
- Accra, Ghana
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
- —The Hour of the DogFilm · Director
- 2024Listening All Night to the RainFilm · Director
- 2023ArcadiaArcadiaFilm · Director
- 2023Becoming WindFilm · Director
- 2021Five MurmurationsFive MurmurationsFilm · Director
- 2021TriptychFilm · Director
- 2019Four NocturnesFilm · Director
- 2018Mimesis: African SoldierFilm · Director
- 2017PrecarityFilm · Director
- 2017PurpleFilm · Director
- 2016The AirportFilm · Director
- 2016Acts Of FaithFilm · Director
- 2016TropikosFilm · Director
- 2015Vertigo SeaFilm · Director
- 2014Transfigured NightFilm · Director
- 2014NumenFilm · Director
- 2013The Unfinished ConversationFilm · Director
- 2013Notes for a ReturnNotes for a ReturnFilm · Thanks
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilm · Director★ 5.0
- 2013The MarchThe MarchFilm · Director
- 2013The Stuart Hall ProjectFilm · Director
- 2013Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonFilm · Director
- 2012PeripeteiaPeripeteiaFilm · Director
- 2012At the Graveside of TarkovskyFilm · Director
- 2012HauntologiesHauntologiesFilm · Director
- 2010The Nine MusesFilm · Director, Writer
- 2010MnemosyneFilm · Director, Writer
- 2009Genome ChroniclesGenome ChroniclesFilm · Director
- 2003Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British JazzStan Tracey: The Godfather of British JazzFilm · Director
- 2001DigitopiaDigitopiaFilm · Director, Writer
- 1999The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongFilm · Director
- 1999RiotFilm · Director
- 1998Speak Like a ChildFilm · Director
- 1998The Call of MistFilm · Director
- 1998Goldie: When Saturn ReturnsFilm · Director
- 1997Martin Luther King: Days of HopeFilm · Director
- 1996The Last Angel of HistoryFilm · Director
- 1996Memory Room 451Film · Director
- 1993Seven Songs for Malcolm XFilm · Director, Writer
- 1991A Touch of the Tar BrushFilm · Director, Writer
- 1991Who Needs a HeartFilm · Director, Writer
- 1990Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanFilm · Editorial Consultant
- 1988TestamentFilm · Director, Writer
- 1986Handsworth SongsFilm · Director, Additional Photography
- 1984Expeditions 2 – Images of NationalityFilm · Director
- 1983Expeditions 1 – Signs of EmpireFilm · Director
