Pascal Aka (born in Ivory Coast, July 17, 1985) is an Ivorian film director, actor, music video director and producer, very well known for his work on "Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife (2007)", "Evol (2010)",Double-Cross which got several nominations at the Ghana Movies Award 2014.
Early career
Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Pascal Aka grew up in Ghana. He attended Ontario based University of Carleton where he studied " film studies program" and a former trainee at the Independent Filmmaker's Cooperative of Ottawa, at which he served as the Director's General, Chairman of the Diversity Committee and Vice President. He produced his debut movie "Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife" which he produced, directed and co-starred at age 21. After 9 years in Canada, Pascal returned to Ghana and started his own production company called "Breakthrough Media Productions".
Filmography
Year Film Role 2007 Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife (Short) Writer, director, producer 2010 Evol Writer, producer, director 2011 Mind Rush Writer, producer, director 2012 Redemption Writer, producer, director 2013 Mr. Q Writer, producer, director, 2014 Double-Cross (Short) Director 2014 The Banku Chronicles (Short) Director, producer, writer 2015 Interception Associate Producer, director 2015 Ghana Police (Short) Writer, producer, editor, director 2016 Her First Time (Short) Producer, director 2017 Black Rose Producer, director, writer
Awards and recognition
YearAwardCategoryFilmResult2009Action on Film International Film FestivalBest Action SequenceJamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife2009Action on Film International Film FestivalBest Foreign Film FeatureJamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife2010Action on Film International Film FestivalBest Action Sequence – FeatureEvol2010Action on Film International Film FestivalBest Guerrilla Film – FeatureEvol2014Ghana Movie AwardsBest DirectorDouble-Cross2014Ghana Movie AwardsBest PictureDouble-Cross2014Ghana Movie AwardsBest CinematographyDouble-Cross 2014Ghana Movie AwardsBest Short FilmGhana Police2014Accra Francophone Film FestivalBest ComedyMr. Q2016Real Time International Film Festival (RTF)Best African Short FilmHer First Time2016Africa in Motion Film FestivalBest Short FilmBlack Rose
References
External links
Pascal Aka Youtube Page Pascal Aka Vimeo Page Music video directors are not respected in Ghana ghanaweb.com Pan African film media modernghana.com Pascal Aka's short film wins the award livefmghana.com