Lansana Mansaray

Lansana Mansaray (born 1992), often known as Barmmy Boy, is a Sierra Leonean filmmaker.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

Lansana Mansaray
Born
Lansana Mansaray

1992
Freetown, Sierra Leone
NationalitySierra Leonean
Other namesBarmmy Boy
OccupationDirector, film producer, cinematographer, rapper
Years active2010–present

Personal life

He was born in 1992 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.[5]

Career

Mansaray is the founder and production manager of WeOwnTV at the Freetown Media Center. With WeOwnTV, he has collaborated for many organisations including: Defence for Children International, NOVA Studios (UK), British Council Sierra Leone, UNICEF Sierra Leone, Save the Children Sierra Leone, Well Woman Clinic and Hull UK City of Culture 2017.[6]

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.[7]

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 Primetime Emmy Award.[7] 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.[5]

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.[5]

Partial filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2008Moving to the BeatActor: himselfVideo documentary
2010YouthDirectorShort film
2010CharityDirector, additional photographerShort film
2011They ResistedCinematographerDocumentary
2011DecisionsCinematographerDocumentary
2013Girl RisingField producerDocumentary
2013Meet the Africans: Many Rivers to CrossCinematographerDocumentary
2014They Are WeCinematographerDocumentary
2018SurvivorsDirector, producer, cinematographerDocumentary

References
  1. "Filmmaker Bios". American Documentary, Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "Lansana 'Barmmy Boy' Mansaray". thealliance. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Courageous Filmmakers Are Fighting Ebola On Screen". survivorsfilm. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "Lansana Mansaray". MUBI. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. "Filmmaker stranded in Hull for months in Ebola crisis nominated for Emmy". hulldailymail. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. "Barmmy Boy". Thames Festival Trust. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. "Lansana Mansaray". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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