Destiny Ekaragha
Destiny Ekaragha is a British film director. She is only the third British black woman, following Ngozi Onwurah and Amma Asante, to have directed a feature-length film that was given cinema distribution in the UK.
Destiny Ekaragha
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- 1982
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- United Kingdom
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- film director
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- English
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Ekaragha began her career with a series of successful short films: Tight Jeans (2008), The Park (2009) and Chance Meeting (2013), all of which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. In 2013, she directed her first feature film, Gone Too Far!, an adaptation of Bola Agbaje's 2007 play of the same name. The film premiered at the 2013 BFI London Film Festival and was given a cinema release in 2014. In 2014, BAFTA named her one of their Breakthrough Brits. In 2015, Ekaragha announced that she would be directing Danny and the Human Zoo for BBC One television. The TV film was written by Lenny Henry and was a fictionalized version of his life. It premiered on 31 August 2015. In 2020, Ekaragha directed four episodes of The End of the F***ing World, which won the Best Drama award at the 2020 British Academy Television Awards. In 2023, Ekaragha directed two episodes of Fellow Travelers for Showtime.
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- 1.Bromwich, Kathryn. Destiny Ekaragha: 'I've got to break two glass ceilings'. The Observer. 28 September 2014.
- 2.Wilson, Kate. LFF Interview with Destiny Ekaragha - Director of Gone Too Far!. Women and Hollywood. 18 October 2013.
- 3.BAFTA. BAFTA Breakthrough Brits 2014.
- 4.Obenson, Tambay A. Newcomer Kascion Franklin Lands Lead Role in BBC Drama Feature 'Danny and the Human Zoo' with Destiny Ekaragha Directing. Shadow and Act. 1 May 2015.
- 5.Dowell, Ben. Lenny Henry to make film about his early life for BBC1. Radio Times. 28 February 2014.
- 6.Transcript: "Fellow Travelers" A Conversation with Ron Nyswaner. The Washington Post. November 3, 2023.
- 7.James, Alastair. Fellow Travelers' writer on Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer, sex scenes, and Philadelphia. Attitude. October 27, 2023.
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