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Akwasi Poku

Writer/Director

Represented by:

Georgia Kanner

Credits

SHORT FILM
Production (role):
THE THERAPIST
Company:
Unrestricted Studio
Project details:
Selected for London Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, and BUFF.
Featured on WePresent and currently playing on all Virgin Atlantic flights worldwide.
In Early Development with BFI via Film London’s Early Development Fund.
Production (role):
Lock Off
Company:
Radical Media/Unrestricted Studio
Project details:
Premiered at all Odeon cinemas across the UK & Ireland in partnership with WEAREPARABLE.
Selected for festivals including Aesthetica, BBC Comedy Festival, and the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Short Film.

TELEVISION
Production (role):
BLACK MIRROR
Company:
Broke & Bones/Netflix
Project details:
Series 6.
Selected by Charlie Brooker as a Director’s Mentee. Shadowed director Ally Pankiw on Episode Joan Is Awful
Production (role):
BLACK OPS
Company:
BBC
Project details:
2nd Unit
Written by Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf and Racheal Ofori
Director by Ben Gregor
FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
THE KITCHEN
Company:
DMC/Film 4/Netflix
Project details:
2nd Unit Director
Written by Daniel Kaluuya & Joe Murtagh
Director Kibwe Tavares

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE THERAPIST
    Company: Unrestricted Studio
    Project details: Selected for London Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, and BUFF.
    Featured on WePresent and currently playing on all Virgin Atlantic flights worldwide.
    In Early Development with BFI via Film London’s Early Development Fund.
  • Production (role): Lock Off
    Company: Radical Media/Unrestricted Studio
    Project details: Premiered at all Odeon cinemas across the UK & Ireland in partnership with WEAREPARABLE.
    Selected for festivals including Aesthetica, BBC Comedy Festival, and the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Short Film.

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): BLACK MIRROR
    Company: Broke & Bones/Netflix
    Project details: Series 6.
    Selected by Charlie Brooker as a Director’s Mentee. Shadowed director Ally Pankiw on Episode Joan Is Awful
  • Production (role): BLACK OPS
    Company: BBC
    Project details: 2nd Unit
    Written by Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf and Racheal Ofori
    Director by Ben Gregor
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE KITCHEN
    Company: DMC/Film 4/Netflix
    Project details: 2nd Unit Director
    Written by Daniel Kaluuya & Joe Murtagh
    Director Kibwe Tavares
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