Top Ghanaian actor, David Dontoh, in an interview with Ibrahim Ben-Barko on the Red Carpet Show, disclosed that there are no professional scriptwriters in the country.
He made this known while emphasising the important of scripts in movies, pointing out that every good films begin with scripts.
In his words, “I don’t know of any Ghanaian who practices as a professional writer, who writes script for films, television and teleplays and makes all his living from that.”
“A film starts from a script but we don’t have very good writers who really know the element of drama that makes it exciting and interesting for people to enjoy,” he stated.
The actor, who is known for the roles he played in very popular movies including; ‘The Dead’ (2010), ‘Deadly Voyage’ (1996) and ‘Heritage Africa’ (1989), accused theatre institutions in the country for not giving the students detailed knowledge about scripting.
“The people we train at our school of performing arts and other theatre institutions in the country are only trained in stage plays,” he stated.
