Ngozi Onwurah
Directing
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.
Known for
The Body Beautiful
October 3, 1991
Welcome II the Terrordome
January 20, 1995
Shoot the Messenger
April 26, 2006
White Men Are Cracking Up
January 1, 1996
Coffee Coloured Children
January 1, 1988
Flight of the Swan
October 9, 1992
And Still I Rise
January 1, 1992
The Desired Number
September 9, 1995
Hang Time
January 29, 2001
I Bring You Frankincense
November 23, 1996
Monday's Girls
September 12, 1993
Mama Africa
June 7, 2002
Behind the camera13
- 2024Neighborhood Alert Director, Writer
- 2006Shoot the Messenger Director
- 2002Mama Africa Director, Writer
- 2001Hang Time Director, Writer
- 1996I Bring You Frankincense Director
- 1996White Men Are Cracking Up Director
- 1995The Desired Number Director, Writer
- 1995Welcome II the Terrordome Director, Writer
- 1993Monday's Girls Director
- 1992Flight of the Swan