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Amazon MGM Studios Signs Exclusive First-Look Deal With Director Nneka Onuorah


EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has signed an exclusive first-look series and film deal with Emmy-winning director Nneka Onuorah. The Nigerian-American filmmaker, producer and activist is committed t…

In 2022, she won the Primetime Emmy award for “Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program” for Prime Video’s Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls. “Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” shared Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. Her other credits include Netflix’s prison-themed First and Last; Viceland’s Black-, queer-focused My House; and The G Word, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.

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