The evening will begin with a conversation between Osei-Kuffour and Patrick Keating, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Communication at Trinity. Featuring a selection of images and clips, the conversation will cover the trajectory of Osei-Kuffour’s career, from his early short films to his recent work on major television series. After this conversation, there will be a moderated Q&A discussion with the audience.

Osei-Kuffour also plans to visit classes in film and video production to offer insights into the day-to-day work of a film and television director.

Seating at Dicke Hall 108 is limited. Some seats will be reserved for Trinity’s film students. Remaining seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, MFA, is an accomplished director of film and television. His credits include the feature film Black Box, produced by Blumhouse, and episodes of several television series, including Shōgun, Star Trek: Discovery, The Midnight Club, Into the Dark, and The Recruit. He has “a passion for telling authentic, sensitive, human-centered stories.” 

In addition to his feature and episodic work, Osei-Kuffour has directed numerous short films and commercials. His shorts have screened at Cannes, Toronto, Palm Springs, the NBC Short Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival, and more. His commercials, for such brands as Mitsubishi, Phillips 66, and Tenaris, have won several Addy awards.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Osei-Kuffour received a bachelor’s degree in film studies from Stanford University and a Master of Fine Arts in film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He also lived for several years in Japan, where he made his award-winning short film Born with It.