Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Born 1977
Nationality Ghana
Occupation Film director and producer

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.[1] 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.[2] In 2013, she was ranked the 48th most influential person in Ghana according to E.tv Ghana.[3]

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."[1] Her films are also known for their "fierce female leads,"[4] as they portray African women with agency who can be breadwinners and lead complex lives.[4][5]

Biography

her awards

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."[1] 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.[1]

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:[1]

Filmography

Film Production
Year		 Distribution
Companies		 Production
Type		 Notes
Life and Living it 2009 Sparrow Station Film The stories of four male friends: a musician, a dancer, a doctor, and an advertising manager.[6] "Major themes include love, friendship, and family."[7]
Scorned 2009 Sparrow Station Film
The Perfect Picture 2009 Sparrow Station Film The story of the lives and loves of several Ghanaian women friends,[8][9] focusing on marriage and societal norms of Ghana that are not represented in Western film.[10] Frimpong-Manso won Best Director for The Perfect Picture at the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards, where her films garnered a total of four awards.
A Sting in a Tale 2009 Sparrow Station Film "A cautionary tale about two Ghanaian men scrabbling to find jobs."[11] It won an Audience Favorite award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Checkmate 2010 Sparrow Station Film
Six Hours to Christmas 2010 Sparrow Station Film A tale of a creative director whose life was overturned when he was tempted to stray on Christmas Eve.[12]
Peep 2011 Sparrow Station

TV3

 TV Series
Contract 2012 Sparrow Station Film A successful businessman who desires to avoid marital responsibility contracts with a woman to bear his child.
Adams Apples 2011-2013 Sparrow Station TV Series A 10-part serial released during one year starting in April 2011. It follows the lives of four women (a mother and three adult children) in modern Ghana.[13][14][15]
Potomanto 2013 Sparrow Station

Africa Magic

 Film About "an emotionally sore private investigator who mistakenly stumbles on a case of organ harvesting."[16]
Big for Nothing 2013 Sparrow Station Short Film
Stranger in my Bed 2013 Sparrow Station Short Film
Tenant 2013 Africa Magic TV Series
Devil in the Detail 2014 Sparrow Station

Africa Magic

 Film
Love or Something Like That 2014 Sparrow Station

Africa Magic

 Film
V-Republic 2014 Sparrow Station TV Series
Grey Dawn 2015 Sparrow Station

Africa Magic

 Film
Rebecca 2016 Sparrow Station Film "Abandoned and lost in the middle of a deserted road, an egotistic proper city guy gets a rude awakening when he begins to realize that his only companion, a timid looking village girl who he had been forced to marry only a few hours earlier is anything but ordinary."[17] Nominated in two categories for Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards[17]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Amankwa, Obour (16 May 2010). "Biography of Shirley Frimpong-Manso: A Director with Outstanding Skills". GhanaCelebrities.com. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Abotsi, Maureen (13 December 2013). "Shirley Frimpong-Manso's Sparrow Station Goes Live!". Ghana Nation. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Etv Ghana holds maiden edition of Ghana Most Influential People". etvghana.com. April 23, 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 Vourlias, Christopher (22 Mar 2015). "In Ghana, movies project fierce female leads". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  5. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (4 Aug 2015). "Ghana’s Shirley Frimpong-Manso Opens Doors for Female Colleagues". Variety. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  6. ↑ "Life and Living It". Nollywood News. ModernGhana.com. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Life and Living It (2009)". African Film Database. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Debrah, Ameyaw (30 March 2009). "Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s Perfect Picture". Jamati.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010.
  9. ↑ "The Perfect Picture (2009)". African Film Database. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Agyapong Febiri, Chris-Vincent. "BBC’s Interview With Shirley Frimpong Manso". GhanaCelebrities.com. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  11. ↑ "Film reviews: Desert Flower & A Sting in a Tale". The Africa Report. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  12. ↑ Smith, Hilda Lan (15 October 2010). "6 Hours to Christmas". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  13. ↑ "Adams Apples". Internet Movie Database.
  14. ↑ "About Adams Apples". Movie web site. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  15. ↑ "Adams Apples Movie". Facebook page.
  16. ↑ "Potomanto: NR Review". NollywoodREinvented. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  17. 1 2 "'Rebecca': Shirley Frimpong Manso’s movie set for premiere in the UK". "The Today Post". 29 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-29.

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