Chinonye Chukwu

Born

1985-05-19

Birthplace

Fiumi, Nigeria

Biography

Chinonye Chukwu (/ˈtʃiːnoʊjə ˈtʃuːkuː/ CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo; born May 19, 1985) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chinonye Chukwu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.