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John Akomfrah

Director

John Akomfrah

Born May 4, 1957 in Accra, Ghana44 films

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

44 films as director
  1. TBAThe Hour of the DogDirector
  2. 2024Listening All Night to the RainDirector
  3. 2023ArcadiaDirector
  4. 2023Becoming WindDirector
  5. 2021Five MurmurationsDirector
  6. 2021TriptychDirector
  7. 2019Four NocturnesDirector
  8. 2018Mimesis: African SoldierDirector
  9. 2017PrecarityDirector
  10. 2017PurpleDirector
  11. 2016The AirportDirector
  12. 2016Acts Of FaithDirector
  13. 2016TropikosDirector
  14. 2015Vertigo SeaDirector
  15. 2014Transfigured NightDirector
  16. 2014NumenDirector
  17. 2013The Unfinished ConversationDirector
  18. 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
  19. 2013The MarchDirector
  20. 2013The Stuart Hall ProjectDirector
  21. 2013Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonDirector
  22. 2012PeripeteiaDirector
  23. 2012At the Graveside of TarkovskyDirector
  24. 2012HauntologiesDirector
  25. 2010The Nine MusesDirector
  26. 2010MnemosyneDirector
  27. 2009Genome ChroniclesDirector
  28. 2003Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British JazzDirector
  29. 2001DigitopiaDirector
  30. 1999The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongDirector
  31. 1999RiotDirector
  32. 1998Speak Like a ChildDirector
  33. 1998The Call of MistDirector
  34. 1998Goldie: When Saturn ReturnsDirector
  35. 1997Martin Luther King: Days of HopeDirector
  36. 1996The Last Angel of HistoryDirector
  37. 1996Memory Room 451Director
  38. 1993Seven Songs for Malcolm XDirector
  39. 1991A Touch of the Tar BrushDirector
  40. 1991Who Needs a HeartDirector
  41. 1988TestamentDirector
  42. 1986Handsworth SongsDirector
  43. 1984Expeditions 2 – Images of NationalityDirector
  44. 1983Expeditions 1 – Signs of EmpireDirector