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".
Directed 36
2020s
- 2025
The Hour of the Dog
Director
- 2024
Listening All Night to the Rain
Director
- 2023
- 2021
Triptych
Director
2010s
- 2019
Four Nocturnes
Director
- 2018
Mimesis: African Soldier
Director
- 2017
Precarity
Director
Purple
Director
- 2016
The Airport
Director
Tropikos
Director
Acts Of Faith
Director
- 2015
Vertigo Sea
Director
- 2014
Numen
Director
- 2013
The Unfinished Conversation
Director
The Stuart Hall Project
Director
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Director
- 2012
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky
Director
- 2010
The Nine Muses
Director
1990s
- 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Director
Riot
Director
- 1998
Speak Like a Child
Director
The Call of Mist
Director
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Director
- 1997
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
Director
- 1996
The Last Angel of History
Director
Memory Room 451
Director
- 1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Director
- 1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush
Director
Who Needs a Heart
Director
1980s
- 1988
Testament
Director
- 1986
- 1984
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
Director
- 1983
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
Director
Wrote 6
2010s
- 2010
The Nine Muses
Writer
1990s
- 1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Writer
- 1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush
Writer
Who Needs a Heart
Writer
1980s
- 1988
Testament
Writer
Acted in 2
2020s
- 2025
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
Movie
2010s
- 2018
John On The Void
Movie
Camera 1
1980s
- 1986
Edited 1
1990s
- 1990
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Editorial Consultant
Appearances4
2020s
- 2024
Scala!!!
Self
2000s
- 2008
This Is My Africa
Self
1990s
- 1992
Black and White in Colour
Self
- 1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush
Himself