John Akomfrah

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 1957

City of birth : London, England, UK

Ghana born John Akomfrah is known for his experimental documentaries and video installations on the subjects of race, migration, and slavery in the encounters between European colonisers and African subjects.In the 1980s working in London, he helped found the Black Audio Film Collective and later set up the Smoking Dogs production company. His cinematic influences include Carl Dreyer and Sergei Eisenstein.