Nuotama Bodomo
| Ein sex anaa gender | female  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Ghana |
| Name wey dem give am | Frances |
| Family name | Bodomo |
| Ein date of birth | 1988 |
| Place dem born am | Ghana |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | English, Dagaare |
| Ein occupation | filmmaker, film director |
| Educate for | Columbia University, New York University |
| Residence | Queens |
| Dema official website | https://nuotamabodomo.info/ |
Nuotama Frances Bodomo (dem born am 1988) be Ghanaian filmmaker, writer den director.[1]
Ein Biography den Career
[edit | edit source]Dem born am for Ghana, wey ein both parents be educators, Bodomo be Dagaaba. Dem san raise am for Norway den Hong Kong, before she move go New York go study film for Columbia University, wey she graduate plus BA for 2010 insyd, den NYU's Tisch Film School (MFA).[2][3][4] Ein first film, Boneshaker (2013), wey star Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, premier for de 2013 Sundance Film Festival before dem play for SXSW, Pan African Film Festival, den Lincoln Center's African Film Festival.[5] Ein film Afronauts (2014) get ein US premiere for de 2014 Sundance Film Festival,[6] ein international premiere for de 2014 Berlin International Film Festival,[7] wey dem include am for de exhibition insyd "Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema den Art, 1905–2016" for de Whitney Museum of American Art.[8]
Dem name am as one of Filmmaker magazine's "25 New Faces in Independent Film" for 2014 insyd.[9] She dey base for New York City.[10]
She direct de short segment "Everybody Dies!" for de omnibus feature Collective: Unconscious (2016), wey premiere for de 2016 SXSW Film Festival. Ewin Best Experimental Short for de 2016 BlackStar Film Festival. For Film Quarterly insyd, Vol. 71, Number 2, for sam Black Film dossier wey ein title be "Death Grips,"[11] by Michael Boyce Gillespie, Bodomo explain ein 2016 film segment Everybody Dies!. For 2018 insyd, na Bodomo be writer den director for Random Acts of Flyness, sam HBO series wey Terence Nance create.[12]
Bodomo currently dey develop de feature version of Afronauts, wey Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, IFP's Emerging Storytellers program, den de Alfred P Sloan Foundation support am.
Bodomo be 2019 United States Artists Fellow for Film insyd.[13]
Ein Filmography
[edit | edit source]- Boneshaker (2013)
- Afronauts (2014)
- Collective: Unconscious (segment "Everybody Dies!") (2016)
- Random Acts of Flyness: Season 1 (2018)
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[edit | edit source]- Black Women Filmmakers
- Ghanaian Women Filmmakers
- Ghanaian Filmmakers
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Frances Bodomo by Katie Bradshaw - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ↑ Asch, Mark (October 13, 2016). "30 Under 30: Frances Bodomo, Filmmaker". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Rizov, Vadim. "Frances Bodomo". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. Spring 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Cinema Today — Film Blackness: Screening of various films by Frances Bodomo and Ja'Tovia Gary". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ↑ "AFRONAUTS to premiere at SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2014". Powder Room Films. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ "AFRONAUTS: international premiere at Berlinale 2014". Powder Room Films. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016". whitney.org. Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Rizov, Vadim. "Frances Bodomo". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Asch, Mark (October 13, 2016). "30 Under 30: Frances Bodomo, Filmmaker". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Winter 2017: Volume 71, Number 2". Film Quarterl. December 4, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Terence Nance on "Random Acts of Flyness": How HBO's most daring show gets made". Salo. August 23, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ "United States Artists » 2019 Fellows". Retrieved March 15, 2024.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Nuotama Bodomo at IMDb
- "Frances Bodomo by Katie Bradshaw", Katie Bradshaw Bomb Magazine. July 9, 2013.
- "30 Under 30: Frances Bodomo, Filmmaker", Mark Asch. Brooklyn Magazine. October 13, 2016.
- "Death Grips" A Black Film Dossier by Michael Boyce Gillespie, Film Quarterly. December 4, 2017.
- "Whose Place, Whose Space?: Extraterrestrial Stakes" Genevieve Quick, Art Practical. February 13, 2018.
- Hubert Bals Fund development selection 2023