Sean Graham (director)
Hans Friedrich Hermann Isay (26 June 1920 – 5 October 2015), popularly known by his stage name Sean Graham, was a German-born Ghanaian filmmaker and former military leader of British Army. In cinema, he is best known for directing the critics acclaimed Ghana films "The Boy Kumasenu", "Jaguar" and "Two Weeks in September". Personal life. Graham was born on 26 June 1920 in Berlin, Germany. During the World War I, he fled with his family to Britain in 1933 and educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. During his life at Britain, he studied Law at Cambridge university. When the  World War II started, his life was at threat, where he quickly changed his name to Sean Graham. Then he worked as an interpreter with the British army, and gradually became the lieutenant-colonel. He died on 5 October 2015 in London at the age of 95. Career. After the war ended, Graham became a film trainee along with Paul Rotha at Elstree studios. In 1948, he moved to Ghana and contributed to uplift the Ghanaian film industry during a span of ten years. In 1952, he directed his film debut with "The Boy Kumasenu", which was nominated for the  BAFTA Best Film. Then he moved to Tunisia for a brief period and returned to work in film in London. In 1957, he directed and produced a documentary "Freedom for Ghana" which received critics acclaim. Then in 1967, his film "Two Weeks in September" was screened in many film festivals worldwide. In 2015, Government of Ghana conferred a State honor on Graham due to his pioneering work on Ghanaian cinema.