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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Accra, Ghana
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Movie Involvements: 52
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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".
Most Famous Work
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
(2013) DirectorHandsworth Songs
(1986) DirectorThe Nine Muses
(2010) WriterTriptych
(2021) DirectorSpeak Like a Child
(1998) DirectorSeven Songs for Malcolm X
(1993) WriterThe Stuart Hall Project
(2013) DirectorGoldie: When Saturn Returns
(1998) DirectorActing
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| 2024 | Self | |
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1991 | Himself | |
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Directing
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| 1996 | Director | |
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| 1991 | Director | |
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| 1988 | Director | |
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| 1984 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2010 | Writer | |
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| 1993 | Writer | |
| 1991 | Writer | |
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| 1988 | Writer | |
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Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1990 | Editorial Consultant | |
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Camera
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| 1986 | Additional Photography | |
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