---
name: "Nzingha Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nzingha-stewart"
fi1m_id: "nzingha-stewart"
imdb_id: "nm1971220"
tmdb_id: 1744211
wikidata_id: "Q26702999"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 July 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:27:33.476370+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nzingha Stewart

## Identity

Nzingha Stewart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nzingha-stewart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nzingha-stewart
- **IMDb ID:** nm1971220
- **TMDB ID:** 1744211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26702999
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzingha_Stewart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26702999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1971220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744211

Director. Born 13 July 1974 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 July 1974, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Nzhinga Stewart 
- **Frequently works with:** [Greg Yaitanes](https://film.one/person/greg-yaitanes.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 68 (1), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzingha_Stewart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26702999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1971220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744211

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Spider-Noir*](https://film.one/tv/spider-noir.md) (67), [*Daisy Jones & the Six*](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Maid*](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) (79)
- **Disney+:** [*Grey's Anatomy*](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) (68)

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## Biography

Nzingha Stewart is an American director and producer. Born on 13 July 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, she was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School with a degree in philosophy in 1996. She began her career directing music videos and commercials before moving into television and film.

Stewart has directed episodes of series including *Grey’s Anatomy* (2005), *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), *Scandal* (2012), *Station 19* (2018), *Good Girls* (2018), *Maid* (2021) and *Inventing Anna* (2022). Her feature directorial credits include *Tall Girl* (2019). She directed episodes of the series *Spider-Noir* (2026) and served as an executive producer on the film *For Colored Girls* (2010). She has received nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards and NAACP Image Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Spider-Noir* (2026), Fi1m 67, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/spider-noir.md)
- *Daisy Jones & the Six* (2023), Fi1m 65, Director, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md)
- *Maid* (2021), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spider-Noir* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/spider-noir.md)
- *Imperfect Women* (2026), series, Director
- *The 'Burbs* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *We Were Liars* (2025), series, Director
- *Cross* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Me/We* (2024), series, Director
- *Daisy Jones & the Six* (2023), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md)
- *From Scratch* (2022), series, Director
- *Inventing Anna* (2022), series, Director
- *Maid* (2021), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), series, Director
- *Gabby Duran and the Unsittables* (2019), series, Director
- *Tall Girl* (2019), Director
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Director
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, Director
- *Station 19* (2018), series, Director
- *For the People* (2018), series, Director
- *Good Girls* (2018), series, Director
- *Love by the 10th Date* (2017), Director, Writer
- *UnREAL* (2015), series, Director
- *With This Ring* (2015), Director, Teleplay
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Director
- *Scandal* (2012), series, Director
- *For Colored Girls* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, Director
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Throttled*, Director

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