Afia Nkrumah

Afia Nkrumah

Director (Film and TV Drama)


Location:
London
Career stage:
Experienced

Badges


Freelance

Availability:
Unavailable

Industries

  • Film
  • High-end TV

Regions can work

  • South East
  • London
  • North West
  • East of England
  • West Midlands
  • South West
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
  • East Midlands
  • North East
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland

About

Selected for Edinburgh TV Festival’s ones to watch and BBC new talent hotlist, Afia Nkrumah is an outstanding writer/director in television, film and theatre. She has a keen eye behind the camera, alongside strong storytelling skills and a sensitivity and confidence with actors.

Recent Television credits include CALL THE MIDWIFE, EASTENDERS, CORONATION STREET and the pilot for a new TV drama series A PLACE OF SAFETY starring Harris Dickinson, Graham Bryan, Marama Corlett and Lily Newmark.

Afia has written and directed several short films that have screened at national and international film festivals including her award-winning short SHADOW FILM funded by Film London. Currently, Afia is developing her debut feature film PIGEONS & PLANTAIN.

Afia is repped by Ian Benson at The Agency.

E-learning

See which ScreenSkills e-learning Afia Nkrumah has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.

Expired

Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

Completed

Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries

Not completed

Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

Not completed

Tackling harassment and bullying at work

Not completed

Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

Not completed

Introduction to mental health awareness at work

Not completed

Experience

  1. Director

    Coronation Street - ITV · Mar 2020 - Mar 2022

  2. Director

    Call The Midwife S10 BBC/ Neal Street Productions · Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  3. Director- A Place Of Safety

    All 3 Media, Screenskills · Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

  4. writer/director - mothers Burden

    Trestle Arts Theatre/PBAB theatre Company · May 2018 - Dec 2018

  5. Director -Eastenders

    BBC Studios · May 2016 - Mar 2018

  6. 2nd Unit Director- Jamestown Series 2

    Carnival Films/ Sky · Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

  7. Writer/Director

    Film London · Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

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Education and training

  1. Measuring mastery: knowledge test

    ScreenSkills Learning · Jan 2024

    ScreenSkills Funded

  2. Leadership and management essentials for high-end television freelancers

    ScreenSkills · Jan 2024

    ScreenSkills Funded

  3. Filmonomics - for new filmakers

    Birds Eye View · Jun 2022

    ScreenSkills Funded

  4. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Aug 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

  5. TV and diversity – how to make 2020 the year of genuine change

    ScreenSkills · Aug 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

  6. M.A Filmmaking

    The London Film School · Jan 2003 - Jun 2006

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Certificates

  • Leadership and management essentials for high-end television freelancers

    Screenskills Training Course
    Issued 22 Jan 2024 · Expires 22 Jul 2025

Afia Nkrumah

Afia Nkrumah

Director (Film and TV Drama)


Location:
London
Career stage:
Experienced

Badges


Freelance

Availability:
Unavailable

Industries

  • Film
  • High-end TV

Regions can work

  • South East
  • London
  • North West
  • East of England
  • West Midlands
  • South West
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
  • East Midlands
  • North East
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland