Lansana Mansaray (born 1988), often known as Barmmy Boy, is a Sierra Leonean filmmaker. One of the most popular filmmakers in Sierra Leone cinema, Mansaray is best known for the critically acclaimed films ''Youth'', ''Charity'' and ''Survivors''. Apart from filmmaking, he is also a film producer, cinematographer and rapper.

Personal life

He was born in 1992 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Career

Mansaray is the founder and production manager of WeOwnTV at the Freetown Media Center. With WeOwnTV, he has collaborated for many organisations including:

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, NOVA Studios (UK), British Council Sierra Leone, UNICEF Sierra Leone, Save the Children Sierra Leone, Well Woman Clinic and

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. In 2010, he directed his maiden film ''Youth''. In the same year, he worked as the cinematographer for the film ''Charity''. He continued to work as a cinematographer in coming years in the films; ''They Resisted'' (2011) and ''Disability is Inability''. Apart from them, he worked as the cinematographer in many award-winning international productions such as ''Decisions'' in 2011, ''Girl Rising'' in 2013, ''They Are We'' in 2014, and ''Meet the Africans: Many Rivers to Cross'' in 2013, where the latter won the

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. In 2014, he visited United Kingdom to meet some friends, however he was forced to extend his stay for five months due to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. In 2018, he directed the documentary film ''Survivors'', which based on Ebola crisis. He was later nominated for the Emmy's Best Social Issue Documentary, where it became the first ever West African film to receive the accolade.

Partial filmography

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