Shirley Frimpong-Manso facts for kids
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Shirley Frimpong-Manso
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Shirley Frimpong-Manso at the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in Lagos
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| Born | 16 March 1977 (age 48) Kwahu East District
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| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Occupation | Film director and producer |
| Spouse(s) | Ken Attoh (married 2009–present) |
Shirley Frimpong-Manso is a talented Ghanaian film director, writer, and producer. She was born on March 16, 1977, in the Kwahu East District of Ghana. She is well-known for starting her own company, Sparrow Productions, which creates movies, TV shows, and advertisements.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso won the award for Best Director at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. She also helps run Sparrow Station, a website where people can watch African movies and shows online. In 2013, she was named one of the most influential people in Ghana.
Shirley wants to make high-quality movies in Ghana and Africa. She aims to tell African stories from an African point of view. She also wanted to change how Ghana was shown in films. Her movies often feature strong female characters who are independent and lead interesting lives. Her movie ‘Potato Potahto’ became available on Netflix in December 2019. She also launched her Sparrow Station YouTube channel in March 2025.
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About Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Shirley Frimpong-Manso grew up in Kwahu Pepease in the Eastern Region of Ghana. When she was a child, she loved organizing plays. She found it much more fun than playing with toys.
She finished her studies in 2000 at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) in Ghana. After graduating, she worked as a presenter at Radio Gold, a radio station in Accra. In 2003, she started her own company, Sparrow Productions. Shirley is married to Ken Attoh, who is also her business partner, and they have a child together.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso's Early Work
After school, Shirley Frimpong-Manso worked with producer and actress Juliet Asante. They helped create the TV show Heart to Heart for two years.
She has also produced other projects, including:
- Different Shades of Blue – a TV series about five university girls living in a dorm.
- Personalities Kitchen – a cooking show where two famous people compete to make a rice dish.
- The Miss Ghana Pageant – during her time, two semifinalists from this pageant reached the Miss World event within five years.
Movies and TV Shows by Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Shirley Frimpong-Manso has directed and produced many popular films and TV series. Her works often explore themes of love, friendship, and family life in Ghana.
| Film or TV Show | Year | Type | What it's about |
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| Life and Living it | 2009 | Film | This movie tells the stories of four male friends: a musician, a dancer, a doctor, and an advertising manager. It explores themes like love, friendship, and family. |
| Scorned | 2009 | Film | |
| The Perfect Picture | 2009 | Film | This film follows the lives and loves of three Ghanaian women friends. It focuses on marriage and Ghanaian traditions that are not often shown in Western movies. Shirley won Best Director for this film at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2010. |
| A Sting in a Tale | 2009 | Film | This is a story about two Ghanaian men trying hard to find jobs. It won an Audience Favorite award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival. |
| Checkmate | 2010 | Film | |
| 6 Hours to Christmas | 2010 | Film | This movie is about a creative director whose life changes when he is tempted to do something wrong on Christmas Eve. |
| Peep | 2011 | TV series | |
| Contract | 2012 | Film | A successful businessman wants a child but doesn't want to get married. So, he makes a deal with a woman to have his baby. This film received six nominations at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2013 and won four awards at the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, including Best Movie. |
| Adams Apples | 2011–2013 | TV series | This is a 10-part series released over a year. It follows the lives of a mother and her three adult daughters in modern Ghana. |
| Potomanto | 2013 | Film | This film is about a private investigator who is dealing with emotional pain. He accidentally finds a case involving organ harvesting. It received nine nominations at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2014, including Best Film and Best Director. |
| Big for Nothing | 2013 | Short film | |
| Stranger in my Bed | 2013 | Short film | |
| Tenant | 2013 | TV series | |
| Devil in the Detail | 2014 | Film | This movie explores suspicions of cheating in a marriage. It makes you wonder if the wife cheated on her husband. |
| Love or Something Like That | 2014 | Film | |
| V-Republic | 2014 | TV series | |
| Grey Dawn | 2015 | Film | |
| Shampaign | 2016 | TV series | This drama features a woman running to become the president of Ghana. It was inspired by recent political events. |
| Rebecca | 2016 | Film | A city guy is left alone on a deserted road. He realizes that his new wife, a quiet village girl he was forced to marry, is not ordinary at all. |
| Potato Potahto | 2017 | Film | This is a funny movie about a couple who decide to keep living in their home even after they get divorced. |
| The Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later | 2019 | Film | This is a sequel to The Perfect Picture. The three main characters are ten years older, and their relationships are not so perfect anymore. It won Best Ghanaian Movie of the Year and Best Movie of the Year at the 2021 Citi TV Entertainment Achievement Awards. |
| Us In Between | 2020 | Film | This film tells the story of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it affected people's lives. |
| Two of a Kind | 2024 | Film | Rita Dominic plays a resort owner who tries to help a young couple fix their broken marriage. She is also dealing with her own sadness and other couples having marriage problems. |
| For Love and Country | 2025 | Film | Just before her husband becomes president, the incoming First Lady finds her lover dead in her hotel room. |
Awards and Recognition
Shirley Frimpong-Manso has received many awards for her work:
- At the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards, she won Best Director of the Year.
- Her film A Sting in a Tale won the Best Soundtrack award at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards.
- A Sting In A Tale also won the Audience Favorite-Narrative Feature award at the 18th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival.
- At the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, she won Best Movie Director and Best Video Editor. She also won Best Writer (Drama) with Hertey Owusu. Her film Contract won Best Movie.
- In March 2021, she was named Film Director of the Year at the Citi TV Entertainment Achievement Awards.
See also
In Spanish: Shirley Frimpong-Manso para niños
