Ngozi Onwurah
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- Nigeria
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
Neighborhood Alert 2024
Director, Writer
Shoot the Messenger 2006
Director
Mama Africa 2002
Director, Writer
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema 2002
as Self
Hang Time 2001
Director, Writer
I Bring You Frankincense 1996
Director
White Men Are Cracking Up 1996
Director
The Desired Number 1995
Director, Writer
Welcome II the Terrordome 1995
Director, Writer
Monday's Girls 1993
Director
Flight of the Swan 1992
Director, Writer
And Still I Rise 1992
Director, Writer
The Body Beautiful 1991
Director, Writer
Coffee Coloured Children 1988
Actor, Editor, Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.