Blitz Bazawule
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-04-19 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Accra, Ghana
Also known As
Blitz the Ambassador
Sam Blitz Bazawule
Samuel Bazawule
Blitz Bazawule
Biography
Blitz Bazawule is a filmmaker and musician born in Accra, Ghana and based in Brooklyn, New York. Blitz's short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) have premiered at BAM New Voices in Black Cinema. His debut feature film The Burial of Kojo was released in 2018, later released on Netflix via Ava DuVernay's ARRAY distribution company. Bazawule wrote, directed, co-edited and co-prouced the film, as well as providing the soundtrack. As a musician and band leader, Bazawule has released 4 studio albums under the name Blitz the Ambassador - Stereotype (2009), Native Sun (2011), Afropolitan Dreams (2014) and Diasporadical (2016...
Acting
2023
2011
as The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador)
Production
2011
as Producer
2011
as Director
2011
as Music
2023
as Executive Music Producer
2016
as Director
2016
as Executive Producer
2016
as Music
2016
as Writer
2018
as Director
2018
as Music
2018
as Producer
2018
as Editor
2018
as Writer
2018
as Casting
2020
as Director
2023
as Director
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