Runyararo Mapfumo

Summary

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]

Background edit

In 2013, Mapfumo graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a first class honours degree in film and visual effects.[4]

Career edit

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]

Filmography edit

Director[8][9] edit

  • Sex Education (2021) - TV series
  • What's in a Name? (2020) - short
  • The Uncertain Kingdom (2020) - documentary
  • Dawn in the Dark (2019) - short
  • Sensational Simmy! (2019) - short
  • Masterpiece (2017) - short
  • The Time Is Now (2015) - short
  • Revelation (2013) - short

References edit

  1. ^ "Academy Films welcome Runyararo Mapfumo. At David Reviews".
  2. ^ "Runyararo Mapfumo".
  3. ^ Zornosa, Laura (6 October 2021). "'Sex Education' Gets More Inclusive in its Intimacy". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Masterpiece". 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Runyararo Mapfumo | United Agents".
  6. ^ "Runyararo Mapfumo signs to Academy".
  7. ^ "5. Runyararo Mapfumo". 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Runyararo Mapfumo". IMDb.
  9. ^ "F*ck the System: Runyararo Mapfumo & Grace Bridger". 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020.

External links edit

  • Runyararo Mapfumo at IMDb