Ayoka Chenzira
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
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Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Also known As
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Ayoka Chenzira
Biography
Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira (born November 8, 1953) is an independent African-American producer, film and television director, animator, writer, experimental filmmaker, and transmedia storyteller. She is the first African American woman animator and one of a handful of Black experimental filmmakers working since the late 1970s. Chenzira studied film and photography at The College of New Rochelle and accomplished her M.A. degree in education at Columbia University. She received her B.F.A. degree in film production from New York University. In 1984, Chenzira was one of seven writer/directors selected for the Sundance Institute. She was one of the firs...
Acting
1979
as Narrator
1993
as Anti-Hero
1996
as Narrator
Production
1994
as Director
1993
as Director
1994
as Producer
1979
as Director
1988
as Director
1984
as Director
1986
1989
as Director
1979
as Camera Operator
1979
as Sound
1979
as Producer
1984
as Producer
1984
1984
as Animation
1984
as Art Designer
1984
1988
as Producer
1988
as Camera Operator
1988
as Editor
1989
as Story
1989
as Art Designer
1989
as Animation
1989
as Camera Operator
1989
as Editor
1989
as Producer
1989
as Executive Producer
1992
1992
as Adaptation
1992
as Director
1992
as Camera Operator
1992
as Editor
1993
as Producer
1993
as Additional Photography
1994
as Writer
1994
as Producer
1994
as Director of Photography
1994
as Director
1996
as Writer
1996
as Producer
1996
as Director
1996
as Special Effects
2013
as Director
2013
as Executive Producer
1994
as Writer
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