Blitz Bazawule
Known for
Directing
Born
April 19, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Accra, Ghana
Biography
Blitz Bazawule is a filmmaker and musician born in Accra, Ghana and based in Brooklyn, New York. Blitz's short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) have premiered at BAM New Voices in Black Cinema. His debut feature film The Burial of Kojo was released in 2018, later released on Netflix via Ava DuVernay's ARRAY distribution company. Bazawule wrote, directed, co-edited and co-prouced the film, as well as providing the soundtrack. As a musician and band leader, Bazawule has released 4 studio albums under the name Blitz the Ambassador - Stereotype (2009), Native Sun (2011), Afropolitan Dreams (2014) and Diasporadical (2016) as well as the soundtrack album to The Burial of...
Best known work
The Daily Show
1996
The Color Purple
2023
Black Is King
2020
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Burial of Kojo
2018
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Native Sun
2011
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Diasporadical Trilogia
2016Filmography
2023
2023
2023
The Color PurpleExecutive Music Producer, Director
2022
2020
Black Is KingDirector
2018
The Burial of KojoDirector, Producer, Writer, Editor, Casting, Music
2016
Diasporadical TrilogiaExecutive Producer, Writer, Music, Director
2011
Native Sunas The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador), Director, Producer, Music
1996