Kofi Asamoah also known as Kofas is a Ghanaian award-winning film director, writer, and film producer. He is the

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and

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of Kofas Media, a film, television and advertising production company.

Early life

Kofi was born in Assin Anyinabrem in Ghana's Central region but grew up mostly in

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in the Western Region of Ghana where he had his basic and primary education at the Young Christian Preparatory School. He had his secondary education at

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, where he was a member of the school's national

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team. Kofi Asamoah started his tertiary education at the

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. As his career in

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got started, he proceeded to the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Film and Television Production with a major in Film Directing. Asamoah then joined

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where he attained a master's degree in Public Relations. He later moved to the US where he studied Filmmaking at the

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Career

Kofi started out professionally as a news reporter with Skyy Power FM/TV, where he became the voice of their reality show. In 2009, he ventured into film making in

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. He scripted and produced his first content in 2012 titled "Boys Kasa" (comic series) featuring Kalybos eventually shot him into the Ghanaian movie industry. Asamoah has produced and directed several Ghanaian films such as Area Boys (2011), Kalybos in China (2015), John and John (2017), Amakye and Dede, a 2016 film that featured

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and Salma Mumin and won Best Movie of the Year Award (Ghana) at

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2016. He won Best Movie Director at the 2016

Filmography

TV Series

*''Eye Red'' *''Noko Fio'' *''Pa2Pa'' *''Papa Kumasi'' *''Bombo Clinic'' *''Cow and Chicken'' *''Guy Guy'' (director) *''

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asamoah, Kofi 1987 births Living people Ghanaian film directors Ghanaian film producers Ghanaian screenwriters