The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Zambia
This page contains a list of the greatest Zambian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, NaN of which were born in Zambia. This makes Zambia the birth place of the 0th most number of Film Directors.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Zambian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Zambian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Rungano Nyoni (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 28.84, Rungano Nyoni is the most famous Zambian Film Director. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Rungano Nyoni is a Zambian-Welsh director, screenwriter and actress. She is best known for her feature-length films I Am Not a Witch and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, both of which she wrote and directed. Both films received extensive international accolades. I Am Not a Witch won Nyoni the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut in 2018. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl earned her the 2024 Cannes Film Festival's Best Director - Un Certain Regard (Ex-aequo) award.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Zambian film directors born between 1982 and 1982. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Zambian film directors include Rungano Nyoni. As of April 2024, 1 new Zambian film directors have been added to Pantheon including Rungano Nyoni.
