Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Nikyatu Jusu
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 9Series: 1Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 1077578
IMDb ID: nm2762302
Known for: Directing
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2007 - 2025
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 5.86
Wikidata: Q55081374
Other jobs
Director (6)Editor (2)Writer (1)
Biography
Nikyatu Jusu (/nɪkˈjɑːtuː ˈdʒuːsuː/)is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's work centres on the complexities of Black female characters, particularly displaced immigrant women in the United States. Her work includes African Booty Scratcher (2007), Flowers (2015), Suicide By Sunlight (2019), and Nanny, which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Nikyatu Jusu.
6.5
1000 Women in Horror
as Self
2025 Movie
5.3
Nanny
Director
2022 Movie
5.2
Suicide by Sunlight
Director
2019 Movie
Flowers
Director
2016 Movie
Black Swan Theory
Editor
2011 Movie
Say Grace Before Drowning
Director
2010 Movie
5.4
Train
Editor
2010 Movie
African Booty Scratcher
Director
2007 Movie
Suicide by Sunlight
Writer
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nikyatu Jusu.
