Name Shirley Frimpong-Manso Spouse Ken Attoh | Role Film director | |
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Awards Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director Movies Potomanto, Love or Something Like That, Devil in the Detail, Grey Dawn, A Sting in a Tale Similar People Joselyn Dumas, Adjetey Anang, Yvonne Okoro, John Dumelo, Lydia Forson | ||
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Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 1977) is a Ghanaian film director, writer, and producer. She is the founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, a film, television and advertising production company. She won Best Director at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Frimpong-Manso is also a principal of Sparrow Station, a video streaming service for African entertainment from Sparrow and other African film producers. In 2013, she was ranked the 48th most influential person in Ghana according to E.tv Ghana.
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- Biography
- Works
- Awards
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Frimpong-Manso is described as one who "seeks to raise the standard of film production in Ghana and Africa by telling progressive African stories as seen through the eyes of Africans." Her films are also known for their "fierce female leads," as they portray African women with agency who can be breadwinners and lead complex lives.
Adams apples director shirley frimpong manso speaks to myjoyonline com
Biography
Frimpong-Manso is from the Eastern Region of Ghana, from Kwahu Pepease. As a child she organized plays, which "felt a lot more fun than playing with sand and dolls." She graduated in 2000 from the National Film and Television Institute of Ghana and worked as a presenter at Radio Gold, a private station in Accra, and then went on to start Sparrow Productions in 2003.
Works
With producer and actress Juliet Asante, Frimpong-Manso helped produce the TV show Heart to Heart for two years shortly after school. She has also produced:
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