John Akomfrah
![Akomfrah at [[Artes Mundi]] 7, [[Cardiff]], October 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/John_Akomfrah_interview%2C_Artes_Mundi_7%2CCardiff%2C_20_October_2016.jpg)
A founder of the Black Audio Film Collective in 1982, he made his début as a director with ''Handsworth Songs'' (1986), which examined the fallout from the 1985 Handsworth riots. ''Handsworth Songs'' went on to win the Grierson Award for Best Documentary in 1987.
With Lina Gopaul and David Lawson, his long-term producing partners, Akomfrah co-founded Smoking Dogs Films in 1998.
In the words of ''The Guardian'', he "has secured a reputation as one of the UK's most pioneering film-makers [whose] poetic works have grappled with race, identity and post-colonial attitudes for over three decades."
Akomfrah was chosen to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2024. Provided by Wikipedia
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