Runyararo Mapfumo is a British[1] television director, film director, writer, and producer. She is known for her work on the critically acclaimed Netflix television series Sex Education.[2][3]
In 2013, Mapfumo graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a first class honours degree in film and visual effects.[4]
Mapfumo has received funding from the British Film Institute, the BBC, and Google Arts.[5][6] She has featured in the BFI London Film Festival. Her third short, Masterpiece, was shown at the 2020 We Are One: A Global Film Festival. In 2021, she was listed as number 5 in TechRound's "Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs Under 50".[7]