
Ngozi Onwurah
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Nigeria
Ngozi Onwurah
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.
Known For
Acting
(2002)
(1988)
Crew
(2024)
Neighborhood Alert
Director, Writer
(2006)
Shoot the Messenger
Director
(2002)
Mama Africa
Director, Writer
(2001)
Hang Time
Writer, Director
(1996)
White Men Are Cracking Up
Director
(1996)
I Bring You Frankincense
Director
(1995)
Welcome II the Terrordome
Director, Writer
(1995)
The Desired Number
Writer, Director
(1993)
Monday's Girls
Director
(1992)
Flight of the Swan
Writer, Director
(1992)
And Still I Rise
Director, Writer
(1991)
The Body Beautiful
Director, Writer
(1988)
Coffee Coloured Children
Editor, Director, Writer