Runyararo_Mapfumo

Runyararo Mapfumo

Runyararo Mapfumo

British television and film director


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

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

Career

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

Director[8][9]

  • 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

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

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