Christian Tsui Hesse, born on the 29th of August 1932 in Osu, Accra is a Ghanaian cinematographer, filmmaker, film administrator, photographer and Presbyterian minister who is known for his cinematography in several award-winning films such as the critically acclaimed ‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’ (1980) and ‘Heritage Africa’. (1989). Chris ensured he added his name Tsui to credits after ‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’ when Kwaw Ansah, the renowned filmmaker said he could be mistaken for a European.

He was the personal photographer of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.  Chris Hesse helped to document the visual history of the political leadership and development of the country. He attended the all-boys Presbyterian boarding middle school, the Salem School and Odorgonno Secondary School, obtaining a Cambridge Overseas Certificate in 1954.

In the same year, he was employed at the Ghana Film IndustryCorporation (GFIC). He attended the National Film School in Łódź in Poland and graduated in 1960. He also obtained a post-graduate certificate in Film and TV Arts from the University of Sorbonne in Paris.

His other academic credentials include a Bachelor of Divinity (1985) and a PhD (1989) in Film and Arts, both earned from the University of Southern California, California.

His entire working career spans four decades (1954–1994), spent in the service of the Gold Coast Film Unit, later called the Ghana Industry Corporation. He worked on the British Academy Film Award which later got nominated for best film, ‘The Boy Kumasenu’ (1952) directed by British director Sean Graham.  Chris Hesse is known to be the first war cameraman to shoot a film on the Congo Crisis in 1960 for worldwide distribution in the capacity as an Honorary Captain in the Peace Keeping Force in 1960.

He was ordained into the Christian ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 1985 and served in several congregations. He also became the executive director of the Prisons Ministry of Ghana.

Chris Hesse’s biggest legacy to Ghana however will be the salvaging and storage of film reels documenting the history of Ghana that was almost wiped out due to negligence

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tsui_Hesse