Chinonye Chukwu

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1985-05-19 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Fiumi, Nigeria

Chinonye Chukwu

Biography

Chinonye Chukwu (/ˈtʃiːnoʊjə ˈtʃuːkuː/ CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo; born May 19, 1985) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chinonye Chukwu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

Production

2013

alaskaLand

as Writer

2013

alaskaLand

as Director

2022

Till

as Director

2022

Till

as Writer

2022

Till

as Story

2014

A Long Walk

as Director

2014

A Long Walk

as Writer

2013

Bottom

as Director

-

Wolf Hustle

as Writer

-

Wolf Hustle

as Director

2013

Bottom

as Producer

2014

A Long Walk

as Producer

2019

Clemency

as Writer

2013

alaskaLand

as Producer

2019

Clemency

as Director

2013

Bottom

as Writer

2016

BANG!

as Producer

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