John Akomfrah
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 4, 1957
- Birthplace
- 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".
Filmography
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks 2025
Actor
The Hour of the Dog 2025
Director
Listening All Night to the Rain 2024
Director
Scala!!! 2024
as Self
- Arcadia
Arcadia 2023
Director
Becoming Wind 2023
Director
- Five Murmurations
Five Murmurations 2021
Director
Triptych 2021
Director
Four Nocturnes 2019
Director
John On The Void 2018
Actor
Mimesis: African Soldier 2018
Director
Precarity 2017
Director
Purple 2017
Director
Tropikos 2016
Director
Acts Of Faith 2016
Director
The Airport 2016
Director
Vertigo Sea 2015
Director
Transfigured Night 2014
Director
Numen 2014
Director
The Unfinished Conversation 2013
Director
- Notes for a Return
Notes for a Return 2013
Thanks
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director
- The March
The March 2013
Director
The Stuart Hall Project 2013
Director
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 2013
Director
- Peripeteia
Peripeteia 2012
Director
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky 2012
Director
- Hauntologies
Hauntologies 2012
Director
The Nine Muses 2010
Director, Writer
Mnemosyne 2010
Director, Writer
- Genome Chronicles
Genome Chronicles 2009
Director
This Is My Africa 2008
as Self
- Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz 2003
Director
- Digitopia
Digitopia 2001
Director, Writer
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong 1999
Director
Riot 1999
Director
Speak Like a Child 1998
Director
The Call of Mist 1998
Director
Goldie: When Saturn Returns 1998
Director
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope 1997
Director
The Last Angel of History 1996
Director
Memory Room 451 1996
Director
Seven Songs for Malcolm X 1993
Director, Writer
Black and White in Colour 1992
as Self
A Touch of the Tar Brush 1991
as Himself, Director, Writer
Who Needs a Heart 1991
Director, Writer
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1990
Editorial Consultant
Testament 1988
Director, Writer
Handsworth Songs 1986
Director, Additional Photography
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality 1984
Director
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire 1983
Director
Credits from TMDB.