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Chinonye Chukwu was born on 19 May, 1985 in Nigeria, is a Nigerian American film director. Discover Chinonye Chukwu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?
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Film director |
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39 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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19 May, 1985 |
| Birthday |
19 May |
| Birthplace |
Nigeria |
| Nationality |
American
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She is a member of famous Film director with the age 39 years old group.
Chinonye Chukwu Height, Weight & Measurements
At 39 years old, Chinonye Chukwu height not available right now. We will update Chinonye Chukwu's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Chinonye Chukwu Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chinonye Chukwu worth at the age of 39 years old? Chinonye Chukwu’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. She is from American. We have estimated Chinonye Chukwu's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Chinonye Chukwu (born May 19, 1985 ) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till.
She is the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Of Igbo heritage, Chukwu was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
When she was just over a year old, her family moved to Oklahoma, and moved again to Fairbanks, Alaska when she was six.
They visited Nigeria often.
Growing up in Alaska, Chukwu was often the only African-American in her classes, and she struggled to fit in.
Throughout her childhood she dealt with Seasonal affective disorder, which was exacerbated by limited wintertime daylight in Alaska.
To cope, she read Maya Angelou and joined the weight-lifting club.
Chukwu always wanted to make movies.
In her teen years, she carried around a journal that she would write down ideas for films and music videos.
She often wrote stories about Nigerian-American girls reconnecting with loves or lost siblings.
She received her bachelor's degree in English from DePauw University, where she joined Zeta Phi Beta.
She then enrolled in film school at Temple University.
Chukwu directed The Dance Lesson in 2010, about a young black girl who struggles to become a ballerina in an increasingly gentrified community.
Her inspiration for the film came from the case of Troy Davis, a prisoner executed in 2011.
Her first feature film, Alaska-Land (2012), told the story of an estranged Nigerian-American brother and sister who eventually reunite in their hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska.
The film was rejected from every festival and lab program she applied to.
In 2013 she directed A Long Walk (2013), a short film about a child who is publicly ridiculed by his father.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to shoot the film.
Clemency (2019) was written and directed by Chukwu.
The death row drama stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden coming to terms with the demands of her profession and Aldis Hodge as one of her inmates bound for execution.
She received the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at 2019 Sundance, the first black woman to do so.
In 2019, it was reported that Chukwu was slated to direct A Taste Of Power, a film based on the memoir of the same name by Elaine Brown.
Chukwu wrote and directed the 2022 film Till, a biographical film about Mamie Till-Mobley's pursuit of justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Louis Till.
