Biography
Rungano Nyoni is a Zambian-Welsh director and screenwriter. Born in Lusaka, Zambia, she moved to Wales at the age of nine.
She wrote and directed the feature I Am Not a Witch (2017), which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2018. Her second feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024), also premiered at Cannes, where she received the Best Director prize in Un Certain Regard.
Nyoni studied at the University of the Arts London. She began her career with short films, including The List (2009), which won a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Short Film.
