Socrate Safo
Socrate Safo is a director and filmmaker from Ghana. He works as the Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture in Ghana. He is well-known in Ghallywood and leads Move Africa Productions.[1]
Socrate Safo | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
| Occupation(s) | Director, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Notable work | Ghost Tears |
Career
changeSocrate Safo started making films while working as a cleaner in a movie theater. He was training to be a car mechanic at that time.[2] He made his 1992 film Ghost Tears, which was very successful and helped start the Ghanaian ghost film genre.[3]
Safo was the Public Relations Officer for the Film Producers Association of Ghana.[4] He appeared in the 2011 VICEdocumentary The Sakawa Boys, which talked about his influence on the Sakawa movement in Ghana. Safo says he made more than 100 movies between 1988 and the time of the documentary.[5] In 2015, he closed his Movie Africa Studio because of power outages Dumsor.[6]
In June 2017, Safo became the Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture (NCC).[7] Before that, he was the Executive Secretary at the NCC.[8]
In May 2020, he was appointed by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Barbara Oteng Gyasi as the Chairman of the Film Classification Committee. This committee which is Ghana National Film Authority under helps to manage and promote the Ghanaian film industry.[9][10] In 2021, Safo announced he was retiring from filmmaking.[11]
Personal Life
changeSafo is married to his wife Mercy, and they have three sons and a daughter. He is also a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Awards and nominations
change| Year | Organisation | Award | Work | Result |
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| 2010 | Best Directing - English
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Adults Only Nominated [12]
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References
change- ↑ Sika, Delali (2 January 2020). "Movie industry woes our own fault - Socrate Safo". Graphic Showbiz Online. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ Guneratne, Anthony R.; Dissanayake, Wimel, eds. (2003). Rethinking Third Cinema. London: Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 0-203-63758-5.
- ↑ Garritano, Carmela (April 2017). "The Materiality of Genre: Analog and Digital Ghosts in Video Movies from Ghana". The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry. 4 (2): 191–206. doi:10.1017/pli.2017.12. S2CID 193022216. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ↑ Dadson, Nanabanyin (16 December 2010). "We are sorry - Filmmakers say". Graphic Showbiz (653). Graphic Communications Group: 4. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ Thomas Morton. The Sakawa Boys. Vice. Event occurs at 11:48. Archived from the original (documentary) on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Socrate Safo Sacks All Workers, Closes Down Movie Africa Studio Because of 'Dumsor'". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ↑ Dadzie, Kwame (13 June 2017). "Socrate Safo gets Commission for National Culture appointment". Citi 97.3 FM. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ "Socrate Safo Finally Gets Letter As Director @ Commission On Culture". Entertainment Ghana. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ "Socrate Safo: We will protect the future". BusinessGhana. May 15, 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ Attractive, Mustapha (May 9, 2020). "Film Classification Committee To Be Inaugurated On Thursday". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ Acquah, Edward (26 April 2021). "Socrate Safo announces retirement from filmmaking with 'Tun-Tum' movie". Republic Online. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ Dadson, Nanabanyin (2 December 2010). "Ghana Movie Awards". Graphic Showbiz (651). Graphic Communications Group: 12. Retrieved 19 March 2020.