
Person
Nikyatu Jusu
Directing
Biography
Nikyatu Jusu (/nɪkˈjɑːtuː ˈdʒuːsuː/)is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's work centres on the complexities of Black female characters, particularly displaced immigrant women in the United States. Her work includes African Booty Scratcher (2007), Flowers (2015), Suicide By Sunlight (2019), and Nanny, which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nikyatu Jusu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Two Sentence Horror Stories
Director

Nanny
Director

1000 Women in Horror
Self

African Booty Scratcher
Director

Suicide by Sunlight
Writer

Black Swan Theory
Writer

Train
Editor

Say Grace Before Drowning
Director
The Fly: Legacy
Director

Flowers
Producer
Filmography
- 20251000 Women in HorrorSelf
- 2022NannyDirector
- 2019Two Sentence Horror StoriesDirector
- 2019Suicide by SunlightDirector
- 2016FlowersProducer
- 2011Black Swan TheoryWriter
- 2010Say Grace Before DrowningDirector
- 2010TrainEditor
- 2007African Booty ScratcherDirector
- —Night of the Living DeadDirector
- —Suicide by SunlightWriter
- —The Fly: LegacyDirector
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