John Akomfrah, OBE (born 4 May 1957) is an English artist, writer, film director, screenwriter and theorist whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films". A founder of the Black Audio Film Collective in 1982, he made his debut as a director with Handsworth Songs, which examined the fallout from the 1985 Handsworth riots. Handsworth Songs went on to win the Grierson Award for Best Documentary in 1987.
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He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to the film industry.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Auto Da Fé
2016
Short
The Airport
2016
Vertigo Sea
2015
Documentary
Tropikos
2014
Short
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Short
The March
2013
TV Movie documentary
The Stuart Hall Project
2013
Documentary
The Nine Muses
2010
Documentary
Mnemosyne
2010/I
Documentary
Oil Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
2009
TV Movie documentary
Wetin Dey
2007
TV Series
Urban Soul: The Making of Modern R&B
2004
TV Movie documentary
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
2003
TV Movie documentary
Mariah Carey: The Billion Dollar Babe
2003
TV Movie documentary
Stalkers
2001
Documentary short
A Very British Murder
2000
TV Series 1 episode
Riot
1999
Documentary
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
Documentary
Speak Like a Child
1998
Call of Mist
1998
Short
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
1998
Documentary
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
1997
TV Movie
The Last Angel of History
1996
TV Movie documentary
Voices in the Dark
1996
TV Movie
African Footsteps
1995
TV Series documentary
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Documentary
Who Needs a Heart
1991
Testament
1988
Handsworth Songs
1987
Documentary
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tropikos
2014
Short
The Nine Muses
2010
Documentary
Mnemosyne
2010/I
Documentary
Call of Mist
1998
Short writer
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Documentary writer
Who Needs a Heart
1991
Testament
1988
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black and White in Colour
1992
TV Mini-Series documentary consultant - 2 episodes
Casting Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Testament
1988
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Newsnight
2014
TV Series
Himself
The Stuart Hall Project Q&A: 13 September 2013
2014
Video documentary short
Himself - Director
Black and White in Colour Rushes
2013
Video documentary short
Himself
Black and White in Colour
1992
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2011
Sheffield Innovation Award - Special Mention
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
The Nine Muses (2010)
2000
Daring Digital Award
Jeonju Film Festival
N-Vision
Riot (1999)
1997
Paul Robeson Award
Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival
Feature Length
The Last Angel of History (1996)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival
World Cinema - Documentary
The Stuart Hall Project (2013)
2010
Venice Horizons Award
Venice Film Festival
Best Film
The Nine Muses (2010)
2001
Daring Digital Award
Jeonju Film Festival
N-Vision
Stalkers (2001)
1999
Rosebud
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
$100,000
