Rungano Nyoni
Film Director · Zambia · On the map · Directors · Born 1982 · age 44
Rungano Nyoni is a Zambian-Welsh director, screenwriter and actress. She is best known for her feature-length films I Am Not a Witch and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, both of which she wrote and directed. Both films received extensive international accolades.
Rungano Nyoni is read about 52 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 118 days, one point a day.
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2024
On Becoming a Guinea FowlFilm, Director, Writer2020
HomemadeSeries, Director, Writer2017
I Am Not a WitchFilm, Director, Writer2014
ListenFilm, Director, WriterNordic FactoryFilm, 2014Director2012
The Mass of MenFilm, Writer2011
Mwansa the GreatFilm, Director, Writer2010
Iron DoorsFilm2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the BaneFilm, Secretary1982Born17 May 1982
On Becoming a Guinea FowlFilm, Director, Writer2020HomemadeSeries, Director, Writer2017I Am Not a WitchFilm, Director, Writer2014ListenFilm, Director, WriterNordic FactoryFilm, 2014Director2012The Mass of MenFilm, Writer2011Mwansa the GreatFilm, Director, Writer2010Iron DoorsFilm2007The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the BaneFilm, Secretary1982Born17 May 1982People around Rungano
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Filmography 9
18 credits on file
Television 1
About this person
I Am Not a Witch won Nyoni the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut in 2018. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl earned her the 2024 Cannes Film Festival's Best Director - Un Certain Regard (Ex-aequo) award.
Country
Zambia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1982 · age 44
