Ngozi Onwurah

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Birthplace: Nigeria
Gender: Female

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.

Credits

Year Title
2006-04-26 Shoot the Messenger
2001-01-29 Hang Time
1996-11-23 I Bring You Frankincense
1996-01-01 White Men Are Cracking Up
1995-09-09 The Desired Number
1995-01-20 Welcome II the Terrordome
1993-09-12 Monday's Girls
1992-10-09 Flight of the Swan
1992-01-01 And Still I Rise
1991-10-03 The Body Beautiful
1988-01-01 Coffee Coloured Children