Korede Azeez

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Korede Azeez

Biography

In 2022, 32-year-old writer and director, Korede Azeez was one of six winners of the Netflix-UNESCO African Folktales Reimagined competition, a groundbreaking initiative that aimed to find some of the continent’s breakout filmmakers. She was the only West African Muslim woman to achieve this feat among six other finalists. She received $75,000 to create short films through a local production company and under the guidance of Netflix-appointed supervising producers and industry mentors from across the continent.

Known For

Director

2024
It Blooms in June

as Director

Writer

Producer

2024

Art

2024
With Difficulty Comes Ease

as Production Design

Editor