Nzingha Stewart facts for kids

Nzingha Stewart is an American filmmaker. She makes movies and TV shows. She started by directing music videos for famous singers. Later, she began working on TV and movies. She has directed films for Lifetime and her first big movie for Netflix was Tall Girl.

Education

Nzingha Stewart went to New York University. She studied philosophy there. This is a special school where students can create their own study plans.

Career

Music Videos

Nzingha Stewart started her career directing music videos. She worked with many popular artists. Some of these include Macy Gray, Common, Eve, Jay-Z, and Missy Elliott. People praised her music videos for their amazing artistic style. They also liked her original ideas and storytelling.

Film and Television

Nzingha Stewart has directed episodes for many popular TV shows. These include Maid, Pretty Little Liars, Grey's Anatomy, and How To Get Away With Murder.

She has also directed movies for the Lifetime channel. Her movie With This Ring came out in 2015. It was about four African-American women. They promised to get married within a year. The movie starred Regina Hall, Jill Scott, and Eve. With This Ring was very popular. It was one of the most-watched movies on Lifetime that year.

Stewart also directed Love by the 10th Date for Lifetime. This movie is a comedy. It follows four friends trying to reach a "tenth date." This is when they think a man might finally commit. The movie started filming in 2016. It starred Meagan Good and Kelly Rowland. Stewart wrote and directed this film.

For BET, Stewart directed a documentary called Our Icon. It was about the famous singer Michael Jackson.

In 2010, Stewart was an executive producer for the movie For Colored Girls. This means she helped manage the movie's production.

In 2019, it was announced that Stewart would direct the Netflix movie Tall Girl. This was her first feature film for Netflix.

In 2021, Stewart directed the first episode of From Scratch. This was a limited series for Netflix. It was based on a book by Tembi Locke. Reese Witherspoon and Zoe Saldana were executive producers for this project.

Also in 2021, Stewart directed several episodes of the miniseries Maid.

In 2023, Stewart directed the last five episodes of the series Daisy Jones & the Six.

Awards

In 2015, Nzingha Stewart was nominated for a Women's Image Network Award. This was for her film With This Ring. She was recognized for both directing and writing the film.

In 2016, she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for With This Ring. She received nominations for both writing and directing.

In 2021, she was nominated for another Image Award. This was for directing an episode of Little Fires Everywhere (miniseries). In 2020, she was also nominated for a Black Reel Awards for the same series.