John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah

Known for
Directing
Born
May 4, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
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".

Known For

Filmography

2025
The Hour of the Dog poster

The Hour of the Dog

Movie · Director

2024
Listening All Night to the Rain poster

Listening All Night to the Rain

Movie · Director

2023
Becoming Wind poster

Becoming Wind

Movie · Director

2023
Arcadia

Arcadia

Movie · Director

2021
Triptych poster

Triptych

Movie · Director

2021
Five Murmurations

Five Murmurations

Movie · Director

2019
Four Nocturnes poster

Four Nocturnes

Movie · Director

2018
Mimesis: African Soldier poster

Mimesis: African Soldier

Movie · Director

2017
Purple poster

Purple

Movie · Director

2017
Precarity poster

Precarity

Movie · Director

2016
The Airport poster

The Airport

Movie · Director

2016
Acts Of Faith poster

Acts Of Faith

Movie · Director

2016
Tropikos poster

Tropikos

Movie · Director

2015
Vertigo Sea poster

Vertigo Sea

Movie · Director

2014
Numen poster

Numen

Movie · Director

2014
Transfigured Night poster

Transfigured Night

Movie · Director

2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington poster

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Movie · Director

2013
The Stuart Hall Project poster

The Stuart Hall Project

Movie · Director

2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie · Director

2013
The March

The March

Movie · Director

2013
The Unfinished Conversation poster

The Unfinished Conversation

Movie · Director

2012
Peripeteia

Peripeteia

Movie · Director

2012
Hauntologies

Hauntologies

Movie · Director

2012
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky poster

At the Graveside of Tarkovsky

Movie · Director

2010
The Nine Muses poster

The Nine Muses

Movie · Director

2010
Mnemosyne poster

Mnemosyne

Movie · Director

2009
Genome Chronicles

Genome Chronicles

Movie · Director

2003
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

Movie · Director

2001
Digitopia

Digitopia

Movie · Director

1999
Riot poster

Riot

Movie · Director

1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong poster

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Movie · Director

1998
Speak Like a Child poster

Speak Like a Child

Movie · Director

1998
Goldie: When Saturn Returns poster

Goldie: When Saturn Returns

Movie · Director

1998
The Call of Mist poster

The Call of Mist

Movie · Director

1997
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope poster

Martin Luther King: Days of Hope

Movie · Director

1996
The Last Angel of History poster

The Last Angel of History

Movie · Director

1996
Memory Room 451 poster

Memory Room 451

Movie · Director

1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X poster

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Movie · Director

1991
Who Needs a Heart poster

Who Needs a Heart

Movie · Director

1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush poster

A Touch of the Tar Brush

Movie · Director

1988
Testament poster

Testament

Movie · Director

1986
Handsworth Songs poster

Handsworth Songs

Movie · Director

1984
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality poster

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

Movie · Director

1983
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire poster

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

Movie · Director