Ngozi Onwurah

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Nigeria

Ngozi Onwurah

Biography

Graduated as a director from the UK's National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Her first short film, 'Coffee Coloured Children', achieved international film festival success and won first prize in the BBC Showreel competition. More success and awards followed with further dramas and documentaries for a number of UK and international broadcasters including 'South of the Border', a groundbreaking series for the BBC. She was awarded the prestigious honour of special retrospective screenings at the New York Film Festival, including 'The Body Beautiful', one of the UK's most commercially successful short films. Her first feature film, ...

Production

1991

1991

2006

1992

1992

1992

And Still I Rise

as Director

2001

Hang Time

as Director

2001

Hang Time

as Writer

1993

Monday's Girls

as Director

1995

1995

1992

2002

Mama Africa

as Director

2002

Mama Africa

as Writer

2024

2024

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