ACCRA FILM SCHOOL (AFS) TAKING OVER IN GHANA
Accra Film School (AFS) is a Ghana Education Service approved training
institution for film making and television production. We offer an
intensive hands-on, thorough approach to learning; our courses are
taught through a balance of classroom instruction, hands-on workshops
and immediate experience.
The approach is holistic, ensuring that students understand and have experience in all aspects of the subject they are studying. This gives them flexibility as they become professionals.
The experience they gain in the many collaborative roles that are required to produce good work, will be of immeasurable value to them as actors, models, make–up artiste, television host, voice over artiste or whichever path they choose.
Celebrated guest speakers from the film, television and media industries will frequently visit the school to share their knowledge and experience with our students.
Joe Lartey, aka ‘Over to you’, is probably one of the most knowledgeable, well exposed and experienced broadcaster in Ghana. He joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1961 as a Sports and Ceremonial Commentator. He quickly became a star and virtually the ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ of the Ghanaian listener. He earned the sobriquet ‘over to you’ in recognition of the frequency and transitions in his stimulating commentary broadcast during the hectic days of the first republic.
A journalist and career immigration officer. She retired with the rank of assistant director in charge of commonwealth and Africa section in 3 march 2010.
She has a masters degree in leadership & governance from GIMPA and a commonwealth diploma in youth in development. Madam Elizabeth Baffoe is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Immigration Services, an immigration consulting firm in Osu, Accra.
LUCAS ON SET..
Lucas is a photographer, CEO of Bigwiggs photography. he has worked with many models and producation houses.
Lucas takes a picture of INI EDO
he is currently the official photographer of Klass TV
LOCATE ACCRA FILM SCHOOL AT
Postal Address:
P.O. Box KB 595, Accra
Ghana, West Africa
Telephone numbers:
+233-303-934-588
+233-265-311-544
+233-264-253-165
The approach is holistic, ensuring that students understand and have experience in all aspects of the subject they are studying. This gives them flexibility as they become professionals.
The experience they gain in the many collaborative roles that are required to produce good work, will be of immeasurable value to them as actors, models, make–up artiste, television host, voice over artiste or whichever path they choose.
Celebrated guest speakers from the film, television and media industries will frequently visit the school to share their knowledge and experience with our students.
Advisory Board
Joe Lartey, aka ‘Over to you’, is probably one of the most knowledgeable, well exposed and experienced broadcaster in Ghana. He joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1961 as a Sports and Ceremonial Commentator. He quickly became a star and virtually the ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ of the Ghanaian listener. He earned the sobriquet ‘over to you’ in recognition of the frequency and transitions in his stimulating commentary broadcast during the hectic days of the first republic.
RAFIU FISHBONE AND MR JOE LARTEY INSIDE GBC 24 STUDIOS
THE LATE Elizabeth Baffoe
(Advisory Board)A journalist and career immigration officer. She retired with the rank of assistant director in charge of commonwealth and Africa section in 3 march 2010.
She has a masters degree in leadership & governance from GIMPA and a commonwealth diploma in youth in development. Madam Elizabeth Baffoe is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Immigration Services, an immigration consulting firm in Osu, Accra.
We offer Professional certificate courses in
Film Directing, Acting, Script Writing, Film Make-up, Digital Editing,
Graphic Design, 3D Animation, Art Direction, Camera, Light & Sound
Technique, Still Photography, Radio & TV Presentation and Producing.
Students are required to complete a film project of
their choice before graduation and Internship placements are facilitated
by the school.
Students graduate with a portfolio of own works/projects as the hands-on approach to study is encouraged.
Student projects are submitted for major student film
festivals around the world to expose our students to best practice in
the industry.
Mode of assessment is through class assignments, internship and projects.
The school awards certificates based on the mode of assessment stated above.
Each student may select a course or combine more courses.
Our courses include the following:
Abena Takyi, referred fondly to as A.B. has made headway in the field of arts for nearly a decade. Her studies in Acting for Stage, Film, and Television are widely recognized for its sustenance and creative style of its own.
AB AND RAFIU FISHBONE
A graduate of The School of Performing Arts, Legon, A.B. has endeavored to keep the dream alive through her numerous stage performances and TVappearances. Now an ardent student and teacher who brings life into the work she does with imagination and believable action. Currently A.B. is the production manager for Showtyme Productions and one of the pioneers in restorative theater for young children and adults. Her intensive acting programs gears the discerning artist into professional work through her tireless dedication to precision in performance.
Born on 8th January, 1929 in Sekondi. He attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast and then to the Balham & Tooting College of Commerce and also studied Acting at The Stage Craft Centre all in London, U.K.
He performed in Julian Green’s South at the London’s Arts Theatre, soon after he joined the musical ballet Carribean Heatwave with Shirley Bassey as the lead singer and Ben Johnson as the lead dancer opening at the Little Theatre in Jersey.
GOERGE WILLIAMS ON THE LEFT, RAFIU FISHBONE ON THE RIGHT
After a series of programmes on the BBC West African Service, he made several recordings with great jazz musicians in England such as Hurry Cline, Mike Makenzie, Shake Kean and Joe Harriot.
In 1956 George B. Williams produced a pageant that featured five hundred dancers from all the regions of Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium, as part of the Independence anniversary celebration of Ghana.
He was hired as a senior producer in the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service and the seconded to the Nigerian Broadcasting Service.
In 1961 he won a Commonwealth scholarship to study broadcasting at the BBC.
After returning from England he joined the Liberian Advertising Service and later became the Chief Executive of the Sierra Leone Advertising Service.
He also represented the New York Times in Sierra Leone in advertising & Sales.
In 1968 he returned to Ghana as the Commercial Manager of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
He performed under the name Buddy Pipp on the professional stage, cinema and recording studios.
He has featured in two dozen films in Ghana and Abroad.
George Brigars Williams has five children and is a widower.
A Marketing Communications professional with over a decade of experience in media, advertising, public relations, television production and filmmaking. He is passionate about the use of film in telling stories and preserving our culture.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English & Marketing, Diploma in Communication Studies and
is an accredited member of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana. He
worked with TV3 Network for almost ten years, then Dux Media Consult and
he is currently the Chief Executive of Brandpower International, an
advertising, television production and film company.
Executive Producer/Director at The Associates, Broadcast Journalist at Ghana Tomorrow and Producer at The Day After Saturday
Dorcas Baliki is the administrative Secretary of Accra Film School. Dorcas, after completing Ho Polytechnic with an HND in marketing and a Diploma in Project Management from GIMPA did her national service with Ministry Of Defence where she worked with the ministry’s Southern Command Unit as a junior procurement officer and later as a receptionist of the unit.
Her sense of humility, self discipline and zeal to serve earned her ‘national service cordinator’ of the unit within the period of her service. She got employed at AFS in June 2012 as an Administrative Secretary where she has been working till date.
Fred van Dyck is a musician and a film maker with several years of experience in all aspects of film making including acting, film score, directing, production and editing.
A graduate in film making with an HND in Film and Video editing. Fred has participated in the production of movies, television commercials, documentaries and television series. A jovial, down to earth personality and hands on approach to academic work are Fred’s strongest points.
Qwabena Ohemeng is an art enthusiast with a healthy appreciation for especially the performing arts. For recreation he takes time off his current professional role as a professional performance improvement consultant to perform as an actor in theatre. He has a first degree in film and television production with a major in motion picture photography. He teaches motion picture photography at Accra Film School.
Shum Owiredu is a young filmmaker currently employed at Brandpower International , Creative Storm Network and Accra film School. Shum initially pursued Animal Biology at the University of Ghana after which he pursued his cinematic dreams.
As such he considers himself to be part-scientist and part-artist. His skill set includes screenwriting, directing, storyboarding and editing. His career goal is to become a complete filmmaker. At Accra fllm school, Shum is the lecturer for Screenwriting and Film Analysis class.
RAFIU FISHBONE ON THE LEFT, BRIGHT CORTEZ IN THE MIDDLE AND DALVIN ON THE RIGHT AT THE GOLDEN MOVIE AWARDS NOMINEE NIGHT
- Acting for Film
- Directing for Film
- Editing for Film
- Graphic Design
- 3D Animation
- Screen Writing
- Digital Photography
- TV Presentation
- Film & TV Producing
- Cinematography
Faculty Of ACCRA FILM SCHOOL
Abena Takyi
(Acting Coach)Abena Takyi, referred fondly to as A.B. has made headway in the field of arts for nearly a decade. Her studies in Acting for Stage, Film, and Television are widely recognized for its sustenance and creative style of its own.
A graduate of The School of Performing Arts, Legon, A.B. has endeavored to keep the dream alive through her numerous stage performances and TVappearances. Now an ardent student and teacher who brings life into the work she does with imagination and believable action. Currently A.B. is the production manager for Showtyme Productions and one of the pioneers in restorative theater for young children and adults. Her intensive acting programs gears the discerning artist into professional work through her tireless dedication to precision in performance.
George Brigars Williams
(Academic Director)Born on 8th January, 1929 in Sekondi. He attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast and then to the Balham & Tooting College of Commerce and also studied Acting at The Stage Craft Centre all in London, U.K.
He performed in Julian Green’s South at the London’s Arts Theatre, soon after he joined the musical ballet Carribean Heatwave with Shirley Bassey as the lead singer and Ben Johnson as the lead dancer opening at the Little Theatre in Jersey.
After a series of programmes on the BBC West African Service, he made several recordings with great jazz musicians in England such as Hurry Cline, Mike Makenzie, Shake Kean and Joe Harriot.
In 1956 George B. Williams produced a pageant that featured five hundred dancers from all the regions of Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium, as part of the Independence anniversary celebration of Ghana.
He was hired as a senior producer in the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service and the seconded to the Nigerian Broadcasting Service.
In 1961 he won a Commonwealth scholarship to study broadcasting at the BBC.
After returning from England he joined the Liberian Advertising Service and later became the Chief Executive of the Sierra Leone Advertising Service.
He also represented the New York Times in Sierra Leone in advertising & Sales.
In 1968 he returned to Ghana as the Commercial Manager of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
He performed under the name Buddy Pipp on the professional stage, cinema and recording studios.
He has featured in two dozen films in Ghana and Abroad.
George Brigars Williams has five children and is a widower.
Rex-Anthony Annan
(Executive Director)A Marketing Communications professional with over a decade of experience in media, advertising, public relations, television production and filmmaking. He is passionate about the use of film in telling stories and preserving our culture.
Nii Kpakpo Sylvester
(Editing, Directing, Animation, Photography)Executive Producer/Director at The Associates, Broadcast Journalist at Ghana Tomorrow and Producer at The Day After Saturday
Dorcas Baliki
(Admin Secretary)Dorcas Baliki is the administrative Secretary of Accra Film School. Dorcas, after completing Ho Polytechnic with an HND in marketing and a Diploma in Project Management from GIMPA did her national service with Ministry Of Defence where she worked with the ministry’s Southern Command Unit as a junior procurement officer and later as a receptionist of the unit.
Her sense of humility, self discipline and zeal to serve earned her ‘national service cordinator’ of the unit within the period of her service. She got employed at AFS in June 2012 as an Administrative Secretary where she has been working till date.
Fred Van Dyck
(Film Editing Lecturer)Fred van Dyck is a musician and a film maker with several years of experience in all aspects of film making including acting, film score, directing, production and editing.
A graduate in film making with an HND in Film and Video editing. Fred has participated in the production of movies, television commercials, documentaries and television series. A jovial, down to earth personality and hands on approach to academic work are Fred’s strongest points.
Quabena Ohemeng
(Cinematography)Qwabena Ohemeng is an art enthusiast with a healthy appreciation for especially the performing arts. For recreation he takes time off his current professional role as a professional performance improvement consultant to perform as an actor in theatre. He has a first degree in film and television production with a major in motion picture photography. He teaches motion picture photography at Accra Film School.
Shum Owiredu
(Script Writing/Film Analysis)Shum Owiredu is a young filmmaker currently employed at Brandpower International , Creative Storm Network and Accra film School. Shum initially pursued Animal Biology at the University of Ghana after which he pursued his cinematic dreams.
As such he considers himself to be part-scientist and part-artist. His skill set includes screenwriting, directing, storyboarding and editing. His career goal is to become a complete filmmaker. At Accra fllm school, Shum is the lecturer for Screenwriting and Film Analysis class.
BRIGHT ASIAMAH CORTEZ THE BEST STUDENT OF ACCRA FILM SCHOOL
BRIGHT ASIAMAH CORTEZ
is a Director, Editor and Cinematographer, currently he is directing
and editing TRAILER TV, a television entertainment program airing on
Ghone Tv, and Capital Tv.
He
is also the CEO of Klass Multimedia, producers of Klass Tv. Klass Tv is
also an entertainment television program dedicated to serving its
viewers and the general public everything as long as entertainment is
concerned.
BRIGHT ASIAMAH CORTEZ has directed and edited many Tv commercials, documentaries and short films. He trains presenters to present and host Tv shows.
Below are some actors, actresses, musicians, directors and more BRIGHT ASIAMAH CORTEZ has directed on his Tv shows.
HERE ARE OTHER MOST PROMISING STUDENTS OF ACCRA FILM SCHOOL
RAFIU FISHBONE ON THE LEFT, DALVIN ON THE RIGHT AT THE WEST HILLS MALL IN ACCRA.
DALVIN studied film directing at Accra film school, he has also learnt a bit of camera, editing and sound too. he has directed many films and music videos. Dalvin has also been the camera man for Trailer Tv. and was a production assistant for the filming of Airtel premiere.
DALVIN studied film directing at Accra film school, he has also learnt a bit of camera, editing and sound too. he has directed many films and music videos. Dalvin has also been the camera man for Trailer Tv. and was a production assistant for the filming of Airtel premiere.
Lucas is a photographer, CEO of Bigwiggs photography. he has worked with many models and producation houses.
he is currently the official photographer of Klass TV
Elijah BabyNii Okine
Elijah in the studio, editing the VGMA
Video Editor at Gh One Tv Studios
Past: Trailer tv and Merda 1 entertainment
Avoseh Shirtonjean Setonji
Setonji on location in Nigeria
Director of Photography at Accra Film School, Director of Photography/Cinematographer at Brandpower International and Creative Director at myself
Past: NYSC
Naa na Ohui on her show, showing live on Capiatal Tv
- Presenter at Capital Tv Ghana
Studies at University of Ghana, Legon
Rafiu fishbone on the left, Eva on the Right
- Presenter at Presenter of Trailer TVPast: Trailer tv
Studied Hospitality and Tourism Management at University of Cape CoastPast: mfantsiman girls and Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School
Abdul Raafi Mohammed-fishbone
Rafiu fishbone hosting the former senior project manager at the NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK, now the Managing Director of FOUNTAIN GATE MICRO FINANCE LIMITED, on BUSSINESS INDEX.. BUSINESS INDEX is a Television Program that seek to educate the public on the basic business ideas and tips that will help boast your income and raise awareness of certain DOs and DON'Ts in the world of business.
is a HOST/MC. Social Activist & Advocate. featured in Films, Radio & Tv shows. Coordinator@Countrywise Ghana -PR@klasstvlive@city-films@trailer_tv.- 0266221777
Campus Location:
6th Street #202/29, Mempeasem East Legon, Accra, Ghana,
West Africa
6th Street #202/29, Mempeasem East Legon, Accra, Ghana,
West Africa
Postal Address:
P.O. Box KB 595, Accra
Ghana, West Africa
+233-303-934-588+233-265-311-544+233-264-253-165
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