Director

Nikyatu Jusu

Directing

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

2.2

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 1All crew 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: 5.82

Wikidata: Q55081374

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Director (5)Writer (2)Editor (1)Producer (1)

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nikyatu Jusu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.