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Nia DaCosta

1989 - Today

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Nia DaCosta (born November 8, 1989) is an American filmmaker. She rose to prominence when she made her feature-length debut as a writer and director with the crime thriller film Little Woods (2018), winning the Nora Ephron Prize for Female Filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival. After working on other projects, most notably directing two episodes of the British thriller series Top Boy in 2019, DaCosta became the first black female director to debut at No. 1 at the U.S. box office for the weekend opening of the horror film Candyman (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Nia DaCosta is the 1,851st most popular film director (down from 1,554th in 2024), the 14,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,195th in 2019) and the 542nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nia DaCosta ranks 1,851 out of 2,041. Before her are Władysław Pasikowski, Javier Fesser, James DeMonaco, Mai Masri, Phedon Papamichael, and Joshua Oppenheimer. After her are Juho Kuosmanen, Małgorzata Szumowska, Brillante Mendoza, Kelly Asbury, Xavier Giannoli, and Drew Goddard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Nia DaCosta ranks 300. Before her are J. J. Watt, Michelle Wie, David N'Gog, Dominic Adiyiah, Gylfi Sigurðsson, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. After her are Martin Kližan, Ryoma Hashiuchi, Rob Knox, Abdelaziz Barrada, Diana Gómez, and Federico Fernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nia DaCosta ranks 14,933 out of 20,380. Before her are Russell Allen (1971), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974), John Dingell (1926), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), Dileep Rao (1973), and Claire Dodd (1911). After her are David DeLuise (1971), Alana Haim (1991), MC Eiht (1971), Graham Rogers (1990), Bonnie Franklin (1944), and Terrence W. Wilcutt (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Nia DaCosta ranks 542. Before her are Dan Povenmire (1963), Michael Dante DiMartino (1974), Colin Trevorrow (1976), Charles Band (1951), James DeMonaco (1969), and Joshua Oppenheimer (1974). After her are Kelly Asbury (1960), Drew Goddard (1975), J. C. Chandor (1973), Dean Devlin (1962), Billy Ray (2000), and Stephen Gaghan (1965).

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