Ngozi Onwurah
Age: N/A | From: Nigeria
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Nigeria
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Movie Involvements: 20
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Heartbeat
(1992) Director
Shoot the Messenger
(2006) Director
The Body Beautiful
(1991) Writer
White Men Are Cracking Up
(1996) Director
Welcome II the Terrordome
(1995) Writer
Flight of the Swan
(1992) Writer
Monday's Girls
(1993) Director
Coffee Coloured Children
(1988) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2006 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
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| 1995 | Director | |
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| 1993 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
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| 1991 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Writer | |
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| 1992 | Writer | |
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| 1991 | Writer | |
| 1988 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |