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| name        = Rungano Nyoni  
| name        = Rungano Nyoni  
| image      =  
| image      = Rungano Nyoni 2.jpg
| caption    =  
| caption    = Rungano Nyoni at the Royal Albert Hall, London on February 18, 2018 (Photo credit: Film Africa)
| birthname  =  Rungano Nyoni  
| birthname  =  Rungano Nyoni  
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|17}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|17}}
| birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]]
| birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]]
| occupation  =
| occupation  =
Director<ref>[https://mubi.com/cast/rungano-nyoni Rungabo Nyoni profile] ''mubi.com''</ref>
Director<ref>[https://mubi.com/cast/rungano-nyoni Rungabo Nyoni profile] ''mubi.com''</ref><br>Screenwriter<br>Actor
Screenwriter
Producer
Actor
| yearsactive = 2009–present
| yearsactive = 2009–present
| parents=Thomas Nyoni
| parents=Thomas Nyoni
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''' Rungano Nyoni'''(born May 17, 1982) is a [[Zambian]]-Welsh director and screenwriter best know for film [[I Am Not a Witch]]<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/29/africa/cannes-i-am-not-a-witch-rungano-nyoni/index.html Cannes I am not a witch] ''cnn.com''</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/25/i-am-not-a-witch-director-rungaro-nyoti-the-chief-whatsapped-his-people-to-cast-our-star I Am Not a Witch director Rungano Nyoni: ‘The chief Whatsapped his people to find our star’] ''theguardian.com''</ref> which was directed and written herself  in her feature debut film. Her first film, ''The List'' , won a BAFTA Cymru in 2010.<ref>[https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/nyoni-rungano Rungano Nyoni biography] ''pro.festivalscope.com''</ref>
''' Rungano Nyoni''' (born May 17, 1982) is a [[Zambian]]-Welsh director and screenwriter best know for film [[I Am Not a Witch]]<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/29/africa/cannes-i-am-not-a-witch-rungano-nyoni/index.html Cannes I am not a witch] ''cnn.com''</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/25/i-am-not-a-witch-director-rungaro-nyoti-the-chief-whatsapped-his-people-to-cast-our-star I Am Not a Witch director Rungano Nyoni: ‘The chief Whatsapped his people to find our star’] ''theguardian.com''</ref> which was directed and written herself  in her feature debut film. Her first film, ''The List'' , won a BAFTA Cymru in 2010.<ref>[https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/nyoni-rungano Rungano Nyoni biography] ''pro.festivalscope.com''</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Born in Zambia, she emigrated to Wales at the age of nine. A graduate of the University of Arts in London, she directed several short films ('' The List '', '' Mwansa the Great '', '' Listen ''), which won her awards and welcome criticism. '' Listen '' ('' Kuuntele '') receives the Best Short Film Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 and is nominated for the Oscars<ref>[http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=24622 "Rungano Nyoni"], AfricaCulture </ref>. Her first [[feature length]] fiction,<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2017-rungano-nyoni-director/5122682.article Stars of Tomorrow 2017: Rungano Nyoni (director)] ''screendaily.com''</ref>''[[I Am Not a Witch|I Am Not A Witch]]'',<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/25/i-am-not-a-witch-review-satire-zambian-witchcraft-cannes-2017 I Am Not a Witch review – straight-faced satire on Zambian witchcraft casts a spell] www.theguardian.com </ref>is selected at the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival 2017.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/05/23/rungano-nyoni-debut-first-feature-film-not-witch-cannes-film-festival/ Rungano Nyoni to debut her first feature film, ‘I am not a witch’, at Cannes Film Festival] ''Lusakatimes.com''</ref><ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2017/12/27/rungano-nyoni-ni-zambienne-ni-galloise-cineaste_5234800_3476.html "Rungano Nyoni, neither Zambian nor Welsh: Filmmaker"], '' The World'', December 27, 2017</ref> This film earned her the Best Director and Best Director Award for a first film at the 20th British Independent Film Awards 2017.
Born in Zambia, she emigrated to Wales at the age of nine. A graduate of the University of Arts in London, she directed several short films ('' The List '', '' Mwansa the Great '', '' Listen ''), which won her awards and welcome criticism. '' Listen '' ('' Kuuntele '') receives the Best Short Film Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015.<ref>[http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=24622 "Rungano Nyoni"], AfricaCulture </ref> Her first feature length fiction,<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2017-rungano-nyoni-director/5122682.article Stars of Tomorrow 2017: Rungano Nyoni (director)] ''screendaily.com''</ref>''[[I Am Not a Witch|I Am Not A Witch]]'',<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/25/i-am-not-a-witch-review-satire-zambian-witchcraft-cannes-2017 I Am Not a Witch review – straight-faced satire on Zambian witchcraft casts a spell] www.theguardian.com </ref>was selected at the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival 2017.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/05/23/rungano-nyoni-debut-first-feature-film-not-witch-cannes-film-festival/ Rungano Nyoni to debut her first feature film, ‘I am not a witch’, at Cannes Film Festival] ''Lusakatimes.com''</ref><ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2017/12/27/rungano-nyoni-ni-zambienne-ni-galloise-cineaste_5234800_3476.html "Rungano Nyoni, neither Zambian nor Welsh: Filmmaker"], '' The World'', December 27, 2017</ref> This film earned her the Best Director and Best Director Award for a first film at the 20th British Independent Film Awards 2017.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
=== Director / Writer / Producer ===
|+ Films written by ''Rungano Nyoni''
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%"
|-
|-
! Year
! style="width:2em;" scope="col"  | Year
! Title
! style="width:12em;" scope="col" | Title
! style="width:2em;" scope="col"  | Director
! style="width:2em;" scope="col"  | Writer
! style="width:2em;" scope="col"  | Producer
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
|2010
| 2009
| 20 Questions
| {{Ya}} || {{No2}} || {{No2}}
| Short
|-
| 2010
| The List
| The List
| {{No2}} || {{Ya}} || {{Ya}}
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan=3 |2012
| rowspan=3 |2012
| Africa First: Volume Two
| Africa First: Volume Two
| Short film
| {{Ya}} || {{Ya}} || {{No2}}
| Short film; seg. ''Mwansa the Great''
|-
|-
|The Mass of Men
|[[The Mass of Men]]
| {{No2}} || {{Ya}} || {{No2}}
| Short film
| Short film
|-
|-
| Mwansa the Great
| Mwansa the Great
| {{No2}} || {{Ya}} || {{Ya}}
| Short film
| Short film
|-
|-
| 2013  
| 2013  
| Z1
| Z1
| {{No2}} || {{Ya}} || {{No2}}
| Short film  
| Short film  
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
| Listen  
| Listen  
| {{Ya}} || {{Ya}} || {{No2}}
| Short film
| Short film
|-
|-  
| 2017
| [[I Am Not a Witch]]
| 
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Films Directed by ''Rungano Nyoni''
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| 20 Questions
| Short
|-
|2014
|2014
| Nordic Factory
| Nordic Factory
| {{Ya}} || {{No2}} || {{No2}}
|
|
|-  
|-
|2012
| Africa First: Volume Two
|
|-
| 2014
| Listen
| Short
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| I Am Not a Witch
| [[I Am Not a Witch]]
| {{Ya}} || {{Ya}} || {{No2}}
|
|
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
===Actress===
|+ Films of ''Rungano Nyoni'' as an actress
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
! Year
|-
! Title
! style="width:3em;" scope="col"  | Year
! Role class="unsortable" | Role
! style="width:14em;" scope="col" | Title
! style="width:9em;" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role  
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
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|2010
|2010
| Iron Doors
| Iron Doors
| 
|  
|  
|-
|}
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[[Category:Zambian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Zambian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Zambian people of Welsh descent]]
[[Category:Zambian people of Welsh descent]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
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