Ghana / UK

George Amponsah is a critically-acclaimed director who has made numerous documentaries, including features such as The Fighting Spirit (2007), about boxers from Ghana in pursuit of the American dream, and The Importance of Being Elegant (2004), about a bizarre cult of fashion led by the flamboyant Congolese singer Papa Wemba. His work has been featured at numerous international film festivals. Amponsah became an obsessive maker of super 8 movies while at Art College in the early nineties. It was clear to him that he could explore questions about identity through filmmaking. This culminated in a post-graduate film that won him a scholarship to attend the documentary course at Britain's National Film and Television School. Since then, George has won prestigious awards for his film work from the Post Office, the BBC, Kodak and The Royal Television Society, and he has worked with some of Britain's most prolific television production companies. While making short films for the web and developing new feature films, George continued to work as a tutor with young people, using digital video as a tool with which to express views from outside the mainstream.

Filmography

First Steps (1998)
The Importance of Being Elegant (2004)
The Fighting Spirit (2007)
Bruised to Be Used (2008)
One Plus One (2008)
Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men 2: Mo Teague (2009)
MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns: Paris (2011)
MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns: Mexico City (2011)
Diaspora Calling (2011)
The Hard Stop (2015)
Dope (TV Series documentary - 2018)