Akosua Adoma Owusu | |
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O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | Ghana America |
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Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ | California Institute of the Arts (en) ![]() University of Virginia (mul) ![]() |
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu | Silmiinsili |
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Akosua Adoma Owusu (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Anashaara goli January 1, 1984) ka o nyɛ ŋun yaari ka produsiri filimnima.[1][2]
O chanila shikuru Harvard University mini Pratt Institute din be Brooklyn, New York.
Owusu laamba nyɛla Ghananima ka bɛ wumsi o Alexandria, Virginia. Ŋuna n-nyɛ bi'bili o laamba bihi ata ni, ka o laamba nyɛ Grace mini Albert A. Owusu, Sr. Owusu malila shɛhira gbaŋ shɛli o ni deei School of Film/Video mini School of Fine Art nima sani California Institute of the Arts, ka o daa deei ki yuuni 2008.[3] O daa lahi deei "Bachelors interdisciplinary degree in Media Studies"[4] mini Studio Art shikuru yuli yuli booni University of Virginia yuuni 2005.[5] Owusu ni yɛn pili tuma o daa nyɛla ŋun tabiri sɔŋdi Chris Rock's HBO documentary[6] "Good Hair" (2009). Din nyaaŋa ka o daa pili o maŋmaŋa tuma, "experimental films".[7]
Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Virginia Film Festival | Ajube Kete | Ken Jacobs Award for Best Experimental Short Film | Won | |
2008 | Berlin International Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Berlinale Talent Campus | Won | |
2008 | California Institute of the Arts | Good Hair | Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Grant | Won | |
2008 | Detroit Docs | Intermittent Delight | Most Progressive Filmmaker Award | Won | |
2008 | Mexico International Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Silver Palm Award | Won | |
2009 | Athens International Film and Video Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Best Documentary Short | Won | |
2009 | Chicago Underground Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Best Documentary Short | Won | |
2010 | Robert J. Flaherty Film Seminar | Work | Featured Artist | Won | |
2010 | Real Life Documentary Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Special Jury Mention, Best Short Film | Won | |
2011 | Black Maria Film Festival | Drexciya | Jury's Citation Prize | Won | |
2011 | African Film Festival, Tarifa | Drexciya | Special Jury Mention | Won | |
2011 | Expresión en Corto International Film Festival | Drexciya | Best Experimental Short | Won | |
2012 | Focus Features Africa First | Kwaku Ananse | Production Grant | Won | |
2012 | Creative Capital Foundation | Black Sunshine | Film/Video Grant | Won | |
2012 | Art Matters Foundation | Kwaku Ananse | Post-Production Grant | Won | |
2013 | Ann Arbor Film Festival | Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful | Most Promising Filmmaker Prize | Won | |
2013 | Berlin International Film Festival | Kwaku Ananse | Golden Bear Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2013 | Africa Movie Academy Award | Kwaku Ananse | Best Short Film | Won | |
2013 | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | Kwaku Ananse | Best Short Film of the Year | Won | |
2013 | Arte International Prize | Black Sunshine | Development Grant | Won | |
2013 | MacDowell Colony Fellowship | Black Sunshine | Screenwriting Grant | Won | |
2014 | Berlin International Film Festival | Black Sunshine | Production Grant | Won | |
2015 | Association Cinémas et Cultures d'Afrique | Kwaku Ananse | Special Jury Mention | Won | |
2015 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Black Sunshine | Guggenheim Fellowship | Won | |
2015 | Tribeca Film Institute | Black Sunshine | Tribeca All Access Development Grant | Won | |
2016 | Berlin International Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Golden Bear for Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2016 | Berlin International Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Teddy Award for Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2016 | Baltimore International Black Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Audience Award for Best International Short Film | Won | |
2016 | The Camargo Foundation | Save the Rex | Travel Grant | Won | |
2017 | Africa Movie Academy Award | On Monday of Last Week | Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2018 | Pratt Institute | On Monday of Last Week | Mellon Research Grant | Won | |
2018 | International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Oberhausen Film Seminar | Featured Artist | Won | |
2018 | Goethe-Institut Vila Sul Salvador-Bahia | Black Sunshine | Artist-in-Residence | Won | |
2018 | Cobo Center Marquee Video Art Series | Intermittent Delight | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | Won | |
2019 | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle | The Westridge Foundation | Won |
Year | Film | Role |
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2005 | Ajube Kete | writer, director, producer, cinematographer |
2006 | Tea 4 Two | director, producer, cinematographer |
2007 | Intermittent Delight | director, producer, cinematographer |
2008 | Revealing Roots | actress, director, producer |
2008 | Boyant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizon | actress, producer |
2009 | Me Broni Ba | director, producer, cinematographer |
2010-11 | Drexciya | director, producer, cinematographer |
2012 | Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful | director, producer |
2013 | Kwaku Ananse | writer, director, producer |
2015 | Bus Nut | director, producer, cinematographer |
2016 | Reluctantly Queer | director, producer, cinematographer |
2017 | On Monday of Last Week | writer, director, producer |
2018 | Mahogany Too | director, producer, cinematographer |
2019 | Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us | director, producer, cinematographer |
2019 | White Afro | director, producer, cinematographer |
2020 | King of Sanwi | director, producer, cinematographer |
in production | Black Sunshine (feature film) | writer, director, producer |
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