Florence Ayisi

Florence Ayisi was born in Kumba in Cameroon on 22 July 1962[1]). She is an academic and filmmaker. Her film Sisters in Law won more than 27 awards (including the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005[2] and a Peabody Award[3])[4][5] and was short-listed for an Academy Award nomination in 2006. She won the UK Film Council Breakthrough Brits Award for Film Talent in 2008.[4][6] Since 2000 she has taught film at the University of South Wales.[7][8]

Ayisi founded the production company Iris Films in 2005. In 2007 she was recognised with a meeting with the Queen for her work's link with Commonwealth countries.[6]

  1. ^ "Biography of Florence Ayisi". African Success. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Cannes award for courtroom film". BBC News. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Winner 2007 Independent Lens: Sisters in Law". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Florence Ayisi". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Hollywood embraces Britain's black film talent". The Independent. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Honourees 2008". UK Film Council. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ^ "University of South Wales - Florence Ayisil". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ^ White, Patricia (1 January 2006). "Cinema Solidarity: The Documentary Practice of Kim Longinotto". Cinema Journal. 46 (1): 120–128. doi:10.1353/cj.2007.0008. JSTOR 4137156. S2CID 144270154.