BIOGRAPHY
After attending NYU’s Gallatin School majoring in Philosophy, Nzingha Stewart found her true passion as a filmmaker and began directing music videos, eventually racking up over a hundred MTV & BET hits (and award nominations) for artists like Joss Stone, Eve, Common, The Roots, Jay-Z & Fifty Cent. An equally in-demand commercial director, she has also filmed clips for ESPN, McDonalds, Coors Light, and more. Boards Magazine named her as one of the nation’s Top 10 Live Action Directors. Elle Magazine puts her at the “forefront of the music scene,” Nylon Magazine says her work has “pushed the myopic boundaries of what videos should look like,” and Vibe Magazine featured her as an A-List director. She has recently crossed over into the world of Features and Television as Executive Producer on the Lionsgate feature film For Colored Girls, Director of BET’s The Game, The Vow for Edmonds Entertainment and Codeblack (which she is also attached to direct), a teleplay for Sony TV with Oscarwinning producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, and a screenplay with Wendy Finerman Productions (“Forest Gump”, “The Devil Wears Prada”). She is currently an ABC and NBC Directing Fellow and is writing the remake of The Flamingo Kid for Disney as well as a recently sold pilot for Lionsgate TV & Kelsey Grammar’s Grammnet.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
SCREEN WRITER
MUSIC VIDEO Common - The Light
Freeway f. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel - What We Do
Joss Stone f. The Roots - Fell In Love With a boy
Bilal - Soul Sista
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Mary Mary - In The Morning
Common f. Macy Gray - Geto Heaven
Keyshia Cole f. Kanye West - I Changed My Mind
“At the forefront of the music scene.”
E L L E M A GA Z I N E
“Her work is organic and sensual, photographic and really beautiful.”
S H O OT M A GA Z I N E
D I R E C TO R TELEVISION
FILM
WEBSERIES
The Game.
Thursday. South Central.
Ridin' Dirty With Officer Turner.
COMMERCIAL D I R E C TO R
ON SET “Swinging open the d oor s of the ol d b oy s ’ m us i c video club is Nzing ha S tew ar t, an i n d em and director well resp ected for her s m ar t, evocative wor k.” T H E S O U R C E M A GA Z I N E
“ fl uenty er ud i te and r ather d eft at her chos en p rofes s i on...” T R A C E M A GA Z I N E
“A n A- L i s t Vi d e o D i rec to r” V I B E M A GA Z I N E
“ T h e m u s i c v i d eo s S tew ar t c re a te s p u s h t he myop i c bo u n d a r i e s o f w ha t rap v id e o s s h o u l d l oo k l i ke .” N Y LO N M A GA Z I N E
SPEAKING E N GA G E M E N T S
Hollywood Black Film Festival – Panelist Tavis Smiley – Representation of Women in Music Video - Panelist/ Commentator University of Pennsylvania –Film Forum – Panelist Set It Off (Foundation for Girls) – Panelist/Organizer LAUSD/ ABC Networks Linked Learning Initiative – Panelist Jenessee Center – Writing workshop – Panelist
TO P I C S • • • • • • • •
Spotlight: Women Behind The Camera Emerging Black Filmmakers Representation of Women in Music Video Hollywood 101 Writing Workshops Mentoring & Community Empowerment Discover Your Purpose Empowering Women through Media
C O N TA C T S
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