George Amponsah
George Amponsah (b. Wandsworth, London 1968) is a British director of documentary films. His 2015 feature-length documentary about the death of Mark Duggan, The Hard Stop, won him a 2017 BAFTA nomination for the Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.[1]
Amponsah started taking photographs and working with Super 8mm film in the 1980s. His 2004 BBC documentary The Importance of Being Elegant was about Congolese singer Papa Wemba. The Fighting Spirit (2007) followed three young boxers in Ghana.[2]
Documentaries[]
- The Importance of Being Elegant, 2004.
- The Fighting Spirit, 2007.
- The Hard Stop, 2015.
- Black Power: A British Story of Resistance, 2021.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Baftas 2017: Full list of winners". BBC News. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Alex Ritman (21 October 2016). "British Independent Film Awards 2016: The Debut Directors Long List". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Suzi Feay (19 March 2021). "'Black Power' brings a vital slice of British social history to BBC2". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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Categories:
- Living people
- British film directors
- British people of Ghanaian descent
- Black British cinema
- Black British filmmakers