Ngozi Onwurah

Ngozi Onwurah

  • Place of birth: Nigeria

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, 'Welcome II The Terrordome', won first prize at the Birmingham International Film Festival, the Cologne Film Festival and the audience prize at the Verona Film Festival. Ngozi has also directed an episode of 'Heartbeat' for ITV, the top-rated UK drama series with an audience of over 18 million.

Filmography

Production

Welcome II the Terrordome

1995

As Director

Shoot the Messenger

2006

As Director

The Body Beautiful

1991

As Director

The Body Beautiful

1991

As Writer

Coffee Coloured Children

1988

As Director

White Men Are Cracking Up

1996

As Director

Flight of the Swan

1992

As Director

Flight of the Swan

1992

As Writer

And Still I Rise

1992

As Director

Monday's Girls

1993

As Director

I Bring You Frankincense

1996

As Director

The Desired Number

1995

As Director

The Desired Number

1995

As Writer

And Still I Rise

1992

As Writer

Hang Time

2001

As Director

Hang Time

2001

As Writer

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