John Akomfrah

Directing • 1957-05-04 • Accra, Ghana

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

5.0

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

5.9

Handsworth Songs

1986

7.0

The Last Angel of History

1996

5.6

The Nine Muses

2010

4.6

The Stuart Hall Project

2013

8.0

Acts Of Faith

2016

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Filmography

2024
Listening All Night to the RainFilm
Director
2023
Becoming WindFilm
Director
2023
ArcadiaFilm
Director
2021
Five MurmurationsFilm
Director
2021
TriptychFilm
Director
2019
Four NocturnesFilm
Director
2018
Mimesis: African SoldierFilm
Director
2017
PrecarityFilm
Director
2017
PurpleFilm
Director
2016
Acts Of FaithFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2016
TropikosFilm
Director
2016
The AirportFilm
Director
2015
Vertigo SeaFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2014
Transfigured NightFilm
Director
2014
NumenFilm
Director
2013
Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilm
Director
★ 5.0
2013
The MarchFilm
Director
★ 4.8
2013
The Stuart Hall ProjectFilm
Director
★ 4.6
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonFilm
Director
★ 10.0
2013
The Unfinished ConversationFilm
Director
2012
PeripeteiaFilm
Director
2012
HauntologiesFilm
Director
2012
At the Graveside of TarkovskyFilm
Director
2010
The Nine MusesFilm
Director
★ 5.6
2010
MnemosyneFilm
Director
2009
Genome ChroniclesFilm
Director
2003
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British JazzFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2001
DigitopiaFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1999
RiotFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1999
The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongFilm
Director
1998
Speak Like a ChildFilm
Director
★ 4.2
1998
Goldie: When Saturn ReturnsFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1998
The Call of MistFilm
Director
1997
Martin Luther King: Days of HopeFilm
Director
1996
The Last Angel of HistoryFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1996
Memory Room 451Film
Director
★ 4.5
1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm XFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1991
Who Needs a HeartFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1991
A Touch of the Tar BrushFilm
Director
1988
TestamentFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1986
Handsworth SongsFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1984
Expeditions 2 – Images of NationalityFilm
Director
1983
Expeditions 1 – Signs of EmpireFilm
Director