Julius Onah
| Julius Onah | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1983 |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter and actor |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker, who was raised in Arlington County, Virginia and Washington D.C. after having lived in the Philippines, Nigeria, Togo, and the United Kingdom. He currently resides in New York City.[1] In the summer of 2010, he was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film and in 2013 as one of Studio System's 10 Up and Up Feature Directors
Education
Onah received his B.A. in theater from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and his M.F.A. from the graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he was selected as a Dean's Fellow [1] and a recipient of a Wayfare Entertainment Ventures Production Award. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship.[2] In 2009, Onah was selected as a directing talent at the Berlin Talent Campus[3] and in 2010 as part of Tribeca All Access. He is the brother of filmmaker Anthony Onah.[4]
Films
Onah's films include Linus which aired on mtvU[5] and received a 1st place prize in the Calvin Klein Student Film Competition,[1] Szmolinsky which screened in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival[6], The Boundary which was designated by Amnesty International as one of its "Movies That Matter" [7], received the best director award at NBC's Short Cuts Film Festival and aired on HBO[8], Nie Patrz Wstecz which won the Grand Jury Prize in the Nokia Mobile Movie Competition[9] at the Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland and was an official selection of the BFI London Film Festival and Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat which was an official selection of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Julius also directed "Big Man" in Lagos, Nigeria for Focus Features, which screened to a worldwide audience on the New York Times.[10] He most recently completed his debut feature The Girl Is in Trouble with executive producer Spike Lee, with Alicja Bachleda, Wilmer Valderrama, Columbus Short, Jesse Spencer. He is currently in development on God Particle[11] with producer J. J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures.
Onah is set to direct thriller film adaptation Brilliance for Legendary Pictures which David Koepp scripted while Will Smith and Noomi Rapace will star as lead.[12][13] However, Smith left in May 2014, citing personal and professional issues.[14]
References
- 1 2 3 Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Berlinale Talents". Berlinale-talentcampus.de. 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "Anthony Onah, Bemigho Awala Take Top Cash Prizes In Afrinolly Short Film Competition|Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
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- ↑ Scott, Michael (2008-02-15). "Behind the Monster Bunnies: Giant Rabbits Hit the Big Screen - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
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- ↑ "HBO Schedule". Hbo.com. 1955-09-30. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "Camerimage - Home". Pluscamerimage.pl. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ↑ Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor @xpangler (2013-08-20). "New York Times Stages Online Indie Film Fest With L.A.’s Film Independent (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "‘God Particle’ believes in newbie helmer". Variety. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "Legendary Sets Julius Onah To Helm ‘Brilliance’". deadline.com. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ Anderton, Ethan (12 May 2014). "'Prometheus' Star Noomi Rapace is Joining Will Smith for 'Brilliance'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Will Smith Exits Legendary Pic ‘Brilliance’". deadline.com. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.