
Nikyatu Jusu
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nikyatu Jusu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

1000 Women in Horror
2025 · Self

Nanny
2022 · Director

Nanny
2022 · Screenplay

Nanny
2022 · Executive Producer

Two Sentence Horror Stories
2019 · Director

Suicide by Sunlight
2019 · Director

Suicide by Sunlight
2019 · Writer

Flowers
2016 · Director

Flowers
2016 · Writer

Flowers
2016 · Producer

Black Swan Theory
2011 · Director

Black Swan Theory
2011 · Writer

Black Swan Theory
2011 · Editor

Say Grace Before Drowning
2010 · Director

Say Grace Before Drowning
2010 · Writer

Train
2010 · Editor

Train
2010 · Assistant Director

African Booty Scratcher
2007 · Director

African Booty Scratcher
2007 · Writer

African Booty Scratcher
2007 · Editor
Night of the Living Dead
Director

Suicide by Sunlight
Director

Suicide by Sunlight
Writer
The Fly: Legacy
Director
The Fly: Legacy
Screenplay
Mime
Director
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