
Person
Ngozi Onwurah
Directing · Nigeria
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

Heartbeat
Director
Under the Sun
Director

South of the Border
Director

Mama Africa
Director

Neighborhood Alert
Director

The Body Beautiful
Director

Shoot the Messenger
Director

Coffee Coloured Children
1988

I Bring You Frankincense
Director

Welcome II the Terrordome
Director
Filmography
- 2024Neighborhood AlertDirector
- 2006Shoot the MessengerDirector
- 2002Mama AfricaDirector
- 2002Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the CinemaSelf
- 2001Hang TimeWriter
- 1996I Bring You FrankincenseDirector
- 1996White Men Are Cracking UpDirector
- 1995The Desired NumberWriter
- 1995Welcome II the TerrordomeDirector
- 1993Monday's GirlsDirector
- 1992Flight of the SwanWriter
- 1992HeartbeatDirector
- 1992And Still I RiseDirector
- 1991The Body BeautifulDirector
- 1989Under the SunDirector
- 1988South of the BorderDirector
- 1988Coffee Coloured Children
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