Ghanaian film director and producer, Shirley Frimpong-Manso won three awards at the maiden Entertainment Achievement Awards.
She picked up the Movie of the Year and Best Picture awards for her movie ‘Perfect Picture:10 Years Later.’
She also won the Best Film Director of the Year award.
The Entertainment Achievement Awards celebrates entertainers and entertainment industry players who have distinguished themselves in the practice of their art during the 2020 eligibility year.
The scheme covers areas such as sports, music, film, fashion, photography, media, comedy, among others.
Aside from presenting awards to deserving winners on the night, there were performances from Okyeame Kwame, Tulenkey, Kweku Flick, Kofi Jamar, and Abiana.
Here are three facts you probably didn’t know about Shirley Frimpong-Manso
1. She is the founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, a film, television and advertising production company.
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. In 2013, she was ranked the 48th most influential person in Ghana according to E.tv Ghana.
2. 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.”
Changing the way Ghana was portrayed also motivated her career choice. Her films are also known for their “fierce female leads,” as they portray African women with an agency who can be breadwinners and lead complex lives. In December 2019, her movie ‘Potato Potahto’ started streaming on Netflix.
3. Frimpong-Manso is from Kwahu Pepease in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
As a child, she organized plays, which “felt a lot more fun than playing with sand and dolls.”
She graduated in 2000 from the National Film and Television Institute popularly known as NAFTI in Ghana and worked as a presenter at Radio Gold, a private station in Accra, and then went on to start Sparrow Productions in 2003.
