Blitz Bazawule
Age: 42 | From: Accra, Ghana
Person Details
Birthday: 1982-04-19 04:51:17
Aliases: Blitz the Ambassador , Sam Blitz Bazawule , Samuel Bazawule
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Accra, Ghana
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Blitz Bazawule is a filmmaker and musician born in Accra, Ghana and based in Brooklyn, New York. Blitz's short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) have premiered at BAM New Voices in Black Cinema. His debut feature film The Burial of Kojo was released in 2018, later released on Netflix via Ava DuVernay's ARRAY distribution company. Bazawule wrote, directed, co-edited and co-prouced the film, as well as providing the soundtrack. As a musician and band leader, Bazawule has released 4 studio albums under the name Blitz the Ambassador - Stereotype (2009), Native Sun (2011), Afropolitan Dreams (2014) and Diasporadical (2016) as well as the soundtrack album to The Burial of Kojo (2019) - and has performed at music festivals such as Roskilde (Denmark), Solidays (France), Mawazine (Morocco) and Sauti za Busara (Zanzibar). Blitz is a 2016 TED Fellow and recipient of the Vilcek Prize.
Most Famous Work
The Color Purple
(2023) Director
Black Is King
(2020) Director
The Burial of Kojo
(2018) Writer
Native Sun
(2011) Music
Diasporadical Trilogia
(2016) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2011 | The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador) | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Music Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Producer | |
| Casting | ||
| 2016 | Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Music | |
| 2016 | Music | |
| 2011 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2016 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |