Ambrose B. Cooke is a Ghanaian living in Burkina Faso. His first major film project, a series of 52 short films, "Small Stories Big Truths" won the award for best African TV series at the 2019 edition of FESPACO. His short film, "The Bench on the Laake Shore" (official short film selection at FESPACO 2019), also won the Golden Short Film at the 2019 Golden Movie Awards in Ghana.