Shirley Frimpong-Manso Profile

Shirley Frimpong-Manso is a Ghanaian film director, writer, and producer. She is the founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, a film, television, and advertising production company based in Ghana.

The award-winning producer and screenplay director was born on March 16, 1977.

Background of Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Shirley Frimpong-Manso is from Kwahu Pepease of Kwahu East District in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

As a child who prefers organizing plays with her fellows to playing with dolls and toys, Shirley grew up with a love for plays. She graduated from the National Film and Television Institute which is popularly abbreviated as NAFTI in Ghana in 2000.

Later in 2003, Shirley worked as a presenter with Radio Gold, a private FM station in Accra for a while before going forth to start Sparrow Productions in 2003 same year.

In 2013 she was ranked as the 48th most influential person in Ghana by E.tv Ghana.
She is married to Ken Attoh. They have been married since 2009 and they have a child together.

Shirley is described as a person 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.

Awards Received

• 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards – Best Director of the Year
• 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards – A Sting in a Tale won the Best Soundtrack award
• 18th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival – A Sting In A Tale took home the award for Audience Favorite-Narrative Feature
• 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards – Best Video Editor and Best Movie Director

Movies by Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Shirley Frimpong- Manso is one of the best movie producers in Ghana who seeks to bridge the gap between movies made in Africa and those from the European world.

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.

Her other screen works include;

• Life and Living it
• The Perfect Picture
• A Sting in a Tale
• Checkmate
• 6 Hours to Christmas
• Big for Nothing
• Stranger in my Bed
• Tenant
• Devil in the Detail
• Love or Something Like That
• Shampaign
• Rebecca
• Scorned
• Adams Apples