Baff Akoto
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Raised in London and Accra, Baff Akoto is an artist and filmmaker mentored by J Blakeson, James Hawes, Sir John Akomfrah and the Oscar-winning Asif Kapadia. Starting in documentary, he went on to direct commercials, music promos and broadcast drama for Channel 4 and the BBC. Work for which he was tipped as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow
As an artist he's been awarded the Grand Prix at the 13th Bamako Biennial, the Main Aesthetica Art Prize and the inaugural Chanel Culture Fund x British Film Institute award for Creative Audacity decided by a jury including Tilda Swinton and Edward Enninful.
As an artist he's been awarded the Grand Prix at the 13th Bamako Biennial, the Main Aesthetica Art Prize and the inaugural Chanel Culture Fund x British Film Institute award for Creative Audacity decided by a jury including Tilda Swinton and Edward Enninful.
