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Nikyatu Jusu

Nikyatu Jusu

Known for

Directing

Biography

Nikyatu Jusu (/nɪkˈjɑːtuː ˈdʒuːsuː/)is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's work centres on the complexities of Black female characters, particularly displaced immigrant women in the United States. Her work includes African Booty Scratcher (2007), Flowers (2015), Suicide By Sunlight (2019), and Nanny, which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

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Best known work

Nanny

Nanny

2022
Two Sentence Horror Stories

Two Sentence Horror Stories

2019
Train

Train

2010
1000 Women in Horror

1000 Women in Horror

2025
Suicide by Sunlight

Suicide by Sunlight

2019
Say Grace Before Drowning

Say Grace Before Drowning

2010
Flowers

Flowers

2016
African Booty Scratcher

African Booty Scratcher

2007
Black Swan Theory

Black Swan Theory

2011
Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Night of the Living Dead

    Director

  2. TBA

    Suicide by Sunlight

    Writer, Director

  3. TBA

    The Fly: Legacy

    Director, Screenplay

  4. TBA

    Mime

    Director

  5. 2025

  6. 2022

    Nanny

    Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer

  7. 2019

    Two Sentence Horror StoriesTV

    Director

  8. 2019

    Suicide by Sunlight

    Director, Writer

  9. 2016

    Flowers

    Producer, Writer, Director

  10. 2011

    Black Swan Theory

    Writer, Director, Editor

  11. 2010

  12. 2010

    Train

    Editor, Assistant Director

  13. 2007

    African Booty Scratcher

    Director, Writer, Editor

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