Portrait of John Akomfrah

Directing

John Akomfrah

Career

Active from 1983 to 2024, busiest in 2013 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs
GoodWatch score84/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
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Upcoming

1 title
The Hour of the Dog
The Hour of the Dog

Director

2020s

5 titles · average score 63
Listening All Night to the Rain
Listening All Night to the Rain (2024)

Director

Arcadia
Arcadia (2023)

Director

Becoming Wind
Becoming Wind (2023)

Director

Triptych
Triptych (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Five Murmurations
Five Murmurations (2021)

Director

2010s

21 titles · average score 68
Mimesis: African Soldier
Mimesis: African Soldier (2018)

Director

Purple
Purple (2017)

Director

Tropikos
Tropikos (2016)

Director

Acts Of Faith
Acts Of Faith (2016)

Director

Vertigo Sea
Vertigo Sea (2015)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

The March
The March (2013)

Director

The Stuart Hall Project
The Stuart Hall Project (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)

Director

The Unfinished Conversation
The Unfinished Conversation (2013)

Director

Peripeteia
Peripeteia (2012)

Director

The Nine Muses
The Nine Muses (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Writer

2000s

3 titles
Genome Chronicles
Genome Chronicles (2009)

Director

Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz (2003)

Director

Digitopia
Digitopia (2001)

Director, Writer

1990s

12 titles · average score 74
Riot
Riot (1999)

Director

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)

Director

Speak Like a Child
Speak Like a Child (1998)

Director

Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Goldie: When Saturn Returns (1998)

Director

The Call of Mist
The Call of Mist (1998)

Director

Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997)

Director

The Last Angel of History
The Last Angel of History (1996)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Memory Room 451
Memory Room 451 (1996)

Director

Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Writer

Who Needs a Heart
Who Needs a Heart (1991)

Director, Writer

A Touch of the Tar Brush
A Touch of the Tar Brush (1991)

Writer, Director

Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990)

Editorial Consultant

1980s

4 titles · average score 84
Testament
Testament (1988)

Director, Writer

Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs (1986)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Additional Photography

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality (1984)

Director

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire (1983)

Director