Nombre de nacimiento: Ngozi Onwurah
Fecha de nacimiento: 1966-01-01
Lugar de nacimiento: Nigeria
Carrera
Primeras apariciones: - Coffee Coloured Children (1988) como
Roles más importantes: - Coffee Coloured Children (1988) como
- Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema (2002) como Self
Puntos destacados de la carrera: - Coffee Coloured Children (1988)
- Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema (2002)
Premios
Premios: - Won Gold Hugo (1992)
- Nominated for 1 Gold Hugo - Best Short Film (1989)
- Nominated for 1 Gold Hugo - Best Short Film (1989)
- Won Best Short Film (1991)
- Won Prix Italia - TV Drama - TV Movies and Mini Series (2007)
- Won RTS Television Award - Best Adult Continuing - General (1992)
- Won Golden Gate Award (1990)
- Nominated for 1 Prize of the City of Torino - Best Short Film (1988)
- Won Audience Award (1995)
- Nominated for 1 Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature (2006)
- Nominated for 1 Best Short Film - Best Short Film (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Best International Short Film - Best International Short Film (2024)
- Won Best Diaspora Short - Best Diaspora Short (2024)
- Nominated for 1 HBO Competition Award - Best Short (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Best Short Narrative - Best Short Narrative (2024)
- Won Best International Narrative Short - Best International Narrative Short (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Best Short Film - Best Short Film (2023)
- Won Honorable Mention - Best Screenplay (2024)
- Won Palma Dorada - Best Director (2024)
- Won Palma Dorada - Best Drama (2024)
Biografía completa
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.
