John Akomfrah

Director

Born: May 4, 1957 (68 years old)

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".

🎬 As Director

5.2

🎭 Filmography

7.8

Scala!!!

as Self 2024

9.0

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2025

Black and White in Colour

as Self 1992

John On The Void

2018

This Is My Africa

as Self 2008

A Touch of the Tar Brush

as Himself 1991

John Akomfrah

Biography

🎬 As Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Handsworth Songs

The March

The Last Angel of History

The Nine Muses

The Stuart Hall Project

Speak Like a Child

Digitopia

Acts Of Faith

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

Memory Room 451