Olive Nwosu
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olive Nwosu is a 2020 BAFTA-Pigott Scholar, Alex Sichel Fellow at Columbia University School of the Arts, an African Promises director selected by the Institut Français, and a 2022 Sundance Screenwriting Fellow.
Nwosu has written and directed two award-winning short films: Troublemaker, awarded a 2020 NBR Student Award and now streaming on the Criterion Channel, and Egúngún (Masquerade), which screened at TIFF 2021 and Sundance 2022, and was nominated for Best British Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards.
Nwosu is currently developing two feature film projects with Film4 and the BBC. Her work is informed by the intersectional nature of her life across multiple continents and identities. Her mission is to tell urgent, cinematic, African-centred stories.
Nwosu has written and directed two award-winning short films: Troublemaker, awarded a 2020 NBR Student Award and now streaming on the Criterion Channel, and Egúngún (Masquerade), which screened at TIFF 2021 and Sundance 2022, and was nominated for Best British Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards.
Nwosu is currently developing two feature film projects with Film4 and the BBC. Her work is informed by the intersectional nature of her life across multiple continents and identities. Her mission is to tell urgent, cinematic, African-centred stories.
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