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George Amponsah

Director

Represented by:

Humphrey Elles-Hill

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
Gassed Up
Company:
Ascendant Films
Project details:
Writers: Taz Skylar & Archie Maddocks
Producer: Rupert Preston
Date: 2015
Production (role):
The Hard Stop (Writer / Director)
Company:
GA Films
Project details:
BAFTA Nominee: Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Unpeels the true story behind the UK riots of 2011 following the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot
and killed whilst being arrested in a ‘hard stop’ procedure by armed police. This incident ignited a riot that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest in recent British history.
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Disapora Calling (Director)
Company:
Lady G Productions
Date: 2007
Production (role):
Fighting Spirit (Director)
Company:
Guardian Films
Project details:
A feature documentary which tells the story of three young boxers – two men and a woman – who fight their way out of an impoverished shantytown in Ghana to the boxing arenas of Britain and America for the biggest prizes in the business.
Date: 2004
Production (role):
The Importance of Being Elegant
Company:
October Films / BBC
Project details:
About a bizarre cult of fashion lead by the flamboyant Congolese singer Papa Wemba. The feature doc was produced and directed by George with Cosima Spender and aired on BBC2 as a flagship instalment of the channel’s Storyville strand. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
ELEGANT received widespread critical acclaim, was short listed for 2005’s Grierson Award, and won Best Documentary at The Zanzibar and FESPACO Film Festivals.
TELEVISION
Date: 2021
Production (role):
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (Director)
Company:
Rogan Productions / BBC 2
Project details:
EP Steve McQueen
Accompanying documentary to the Steve McQueen SMALL AXE series
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Enslaved (Director)
Company:
Cornelia Street
Project details:
Enslaved explores the history of slavery through underwater archaeology and retraces historical slave routes in search of sunken slave ships. It marks the 400 years since the first African person was brought to the New World as a slave. Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Dope (Director)
Company:
Netflix
Project details:
Episode 3 "I'm Gonna Get Me That White People Money"

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): Gassed Up
    Company: Ascendant Films
    Project details: Writers: Taz Skylar & Archie Maddocks
    Producer: Rupert Preston
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): The Hard Stop (Writer / Director)
    Company: GA Films
    Project details: BAFTA Nominee: Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
    Unpeels the true story behind the UK riots of 2011 following the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot
    and killed whilst being arrested in a ‘hard stop’ procedure by armed police. This incident ignited a riot that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest in recent British history.
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Disapora Calling (Director)
    Company: Lady G Productions
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): Fighting Spirit (Director)
    Company: Guardian Films
    Project details: A feature documentary which tells the story of three young boxers – two men and a woman – who fight their way out of an impoverished shantytown in Ghana to the boxing arenas of Britain and America for the biggest prizes in the business.
  • Date: 2004
    Production (role): The Importance of Being Elegant
    Company: October Films / BBC
    Project details: About a bizarre cult of fashion lead by the flamboyant Congolese singer Papa Wemba. The feature doc was produced and directed by George with Cosima Spender and aired on BBC2 as a flagship instalment of the channel’s Storyville strand. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
    ELEGANT received widespread critical acclaim, was short listed for 2005’s Grierson Award, and won Best Documentary at The Zanzibar and FESPACO Film Festivals.
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (Director)
    Company: Rogan Productions / BBC 2
    Project details: EP Steve McQueen
    Accompanying documentary to the Steve McQueen SMALL AXE series
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Enslaved (Director)
    Company: Cornelia Street
    Project details: Enslaved explores the history of slavery through underwater archaeology and retraces historical slave routes in search of sunken slave ships. It marks the 400 years since the first African person was brought to the New World as a slave. Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Dope (Director)
    Company: Netflix
    Project details: Episode 3 "I'm Gonna Get Me That White People Money"
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