John Akomfrah
DirectorWriterCamera and Electrical Department
- Born
- May 4, 1957
Ghana born John Akomfrah is known for his experimental documentaries and video installations on the subjects of race, migration, and slavery in the encounters between European colonisers and African subjects.In the 1980s working in London, he helped found the Black Audio Film Collective and later…
Director
| The Hour of the Dog(2025) |
| Listening All Night to the Rain(2024) |
| Arcadia(2023) |
| Five Murmurations(2021) |
| Triptych(2021) |
Writer
| Tropikos(2014) |
| Martin Luther King and the March on Washington(2013) |
| The Nine Muses(2010) |
| Mnemosyne(2010) |
| Digitopia(2001) |
Producer
| The Eyes of Ghana(2025) |
| Martin Luther King and the March on Washington(2013) |
Casting Director
| Testament(1988) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Handsworth Songs(1986) |
Editorial Department
| Shadows of Liberty(2012) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Killer Necklace(2009) |
Additional Crew
| Black and White in Colour(1992) |
Thanks
| Leave the Edges(2025) |
| Enemy Alien(2022) |
Self
| ¡Atención obras!(2013)as Self - Interviewee |
| Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks(2025)as Self - Interviewed Guest |
| Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits(2023)as Self - Artist, Filmmaker |
| Newsnight(1980)as Self |
| The Stuart Hall Project Q&A: 13 September 2013(2014)as Self - Director |