Rungano Nyoni

Rungano Nyoni

Biography

Rungano Nyoni is a director and screenwriter who first gained recognition with her early short films, including THE LIST (2009), which won a BAFTA Cymru Award, and MWANSA THE GREAT (2011), which was BAFTA-nominated and selected for over 100 international film festivals. Her debut feature, I AM NOT A WITCH (2017), won her the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), where she also won Best Director. Her follow-up, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL  (2024), premiered at Cannes, where it received the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director. She went on to win Best Director at BIFA once again—making her a two-time recipient of the award for both of her feature films.

Filmography

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (2024): Direction