NJ
Photo of Nikyatu Jusu

Nikyatu Jusu

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American independent filmmaker and Assistant Professor in Film & Video at George Mason University. Jusu's works centers the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, immigrant women in the United States. She is best known for her 2022 horror film Nanny, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Known For

  • Nanny
  • Two Sentence Horror Stories
  • Suicide by Sunlight
  • African Booty Scratcher
  • Flowers
  • Say Grace Before Drowning

Filmography

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices