Ngozi Onwurah , The Most Accomplished Nigerian Born Female Filmmaker

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Ngozi Onwurah, the Most Accomplished Nigerian Born Female Filmmaker from Top 10 Nigerian Female Film Directors by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima in the Third Edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES.

Onwurah made "Welcome II the Terrordome", the first independent Black British feature film to be released.



Awards
Coffee Colored Children:
1st Prize- Short Feature Category, BBC, UK.
Prized Pieces Award- National Black Programming Consortium, US.
Golden Gate Award- San Francisco Film Festival, US.
Films de Femmes- Creteil, France.
The Body Beautiful:
Best Short Film- Melbourne Film Festival, Australia.
Best Documentary- Montreal Film Festival, Canada.
Shoot The Messenger:
Prix Italia 2007.

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