Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Nigeria · 14 films
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.
Best known for
The Body Beautiful
1991 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Welcome II the Terrordome
1995 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Shoot the Messenger
2006 · Director
On Plex
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996 · Director
On BFI Player Amazon Channel
Flight of the Swan
1992 · Director, Writer
Coffee Coloured Children
1988 · Actor, Editor
Filmography 14
Neighborhood Alert
2024 · Director, Writer
Shoot the Messenger
2006 · Director
On Plex
Mama Africa
2002 · Director, Writer
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
2002 · Self
Hang Time
2001 · Director, Writer
I Bring You Frankincense
1996 · Director
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996 · Director
On BFI Player Amazon Channel
The Desired Number
1995 · Director, Writer
Welcome II the Terrordome
1995 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Monday's Girls
1993 · Director
On Kanopy
Flight of the Swan
1992 · Director, Writer
And Still I Rise
1992 · Director, Writer
The Body Beautiful
1991 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Coffee Coloured Children
1988 · Actor, Editor