Nikyatu Jusu
Biography
Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American independent filmmaker and Assistant Professor in Film & Video at George Mason University. Jusu's works centers the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, immigrant women in the United States. She is best known for her 2022 horror film Nanny, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Known For
Director
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Suicide by Sunlight
as Director
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Night of the Living Dead
as Director
2022
Nanny
as Director
2019
Suicide by Sunlight
as Director
2019
Two Sentence Horror Stories
as Director
2016
Flowers
as Director
2011
Black Swan Theory
as Director
2010
Say Grace Before Drowning
as Director
2010
Train
as Assistant Director
2007
African Booty Scratcher
as Director
Writer
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Suicide by Sunlight
as Writer
2022
Nanny
as Screenplay
2019
Suicide by Sunlight
as Writer
2016
Flowers
as Writer
2011
Black Swan Theory
as Writer
2010
Say Grace Before Drowning
as Writer
2007
African Booty Scratcher
as Writer