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Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | November 8, 1989
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Years active | 2009–present |
Nia DaCosta (born November 8, 1989) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. She made her feature film debut as a writer and director for her crime thriller film Little Woods (2018). DaCosta garnered wide acclaim for winning the Nora Ephron Prize for Female Filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival.[1] DaCosta became the first black female director to debut at No. 1 at the U.S. box office, for the weekend opening of her horror mystery film Candyman (2021).[2] She was the first black woman to direct a Marvel Comics film, The Marvels (2023),[3] which became the highest-grossing film directed by a black woman but also a box-office bomb.[4][5] She is currently in production on an adaptation of Hedda Gabler.[6]
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