Zola
2021
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Janicza Michelle Bravo Ford (/ dʒ ə ˈ n ɪ k s ə /) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Her films include Gregory Go Boom, a winner of the short-film jury award at the Sundance Film Festival; Lemon, co-written with Brett Gelman; and Zola, co-written with playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
Director: Zola. Janicza Bravo has spent half her life in Panama and half in Brooklyn. She studied directing and design for theatre at New York University's Playwrights Horizons Theater School. She has mounted plays in New York, Los Angeles, and Madrid. Her first short, Eat, premiered at SXSW.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- New York City, New York, USA
Jun 30, 2021 · 'Zola' director/co-writer Janicza Bravo fought for the job and worked hard to defend the voice of A'Ziah King's original Twitter thread.
- mark.olsen@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jun 30, 2021 · Bravo, who cowrote the film’s script with Tony-nominated writer and close friend Jeremy O. Harris, fought hard for a chance to direct the movie, finally getting tapped by A24 to bring Zola’s...
Aug 18, 2017 · We talked to Janicza Bravo about directing her first feature film 'Lemon' and how growing up in Panama informs her work.
Jun 30, 2021 · Zola Is Janicza Bravo’s Comic Horror Show. The director sees the Twitter thread-turned-movie as both a classic comedy and a singular white nightmare. By Rachel Handler, a features writer at...
Jun 30, 2021 · ‘Zola’ director Janicza Bravo reflects on initially reading Zola’s thread, the process of turning it into a film, and how she got to work on Amazon’s ‘Them’.
