Julius Onah

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Julius Onah
File:Julius Onah.jpg
Born (1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 42)
Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
Education Wesleyan University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Occupation
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active 2002–present
Website opencontinents.com

Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] He directed the films The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Luce (2019), and the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025).

Early life

Onah was born in Makurdi, Benue State in Nigeria. His father Adoga Onah, was a Nigerian diplomat. He was raised in the Philippines, Nigeria, Togo and the United Kingdom before moving to Arlington County, Virginia. Onah graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA and received his B.A. in theater from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He completed an M.F.A. from the graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he was selected as a Dean's Fellow.[1] He is also a recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship.[2]

His twin brother, Anthony Onah, is also a director, with his first feature film The Price released in 2017.[3]

Career

Onah's work has screened at festivals around the world including Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Camerimage. In the summer of 2010, he was selected as one of Filmmaker magazine's New Faces of Independent Film. In 2013, he was selected as one of Studio System's 10 Up and Up Feature Directors and Forbes Magazine's 13 African Celebrities To Watch. While at NYU's graduate film program he completed his first feature as his thesis, The Girl Is in Trouble (2015) with executive producer Spike Lee, featuring Alicja Bachleda, Wilmer Valderrama, Columbus Short, and Jesse Spencer. Onah was previously set to direct thriller film adaptation Brilliance for Legendary Pictures which David Koepp scripted with Will Smith and Noomi Rapace to star as leads.[4][5] He then directed The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)[6] with producer J. J. Abrams. His latest film, Luce featuring Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth and Kelvin Harrison Jr., premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[7] He is set to direct thriller film Bad Genius, a remake of the 2017 Thai film of the same name.[8] He is also set to direct Captain America: Brave New World, the fourth Captain America movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Anthony Mackie starring in the title role.[9]

Filmography

Year Film Director Writer Producer
2015 The Girl Is in Trouble Yes Yes Yes
2018 The Cloverfield Paradox Yes No No
2019 Luce Yes Yes Yes
2025 Captain America: Brave New World Yes Yes No

Open Continents

Open Continents is a global media project comprising Onah's short, feature, music video and television work.

Continent Title Country Subject Year
EUROPE SZMOLINSKY (Berlin Film Festival, SXSW Click, Melbourne Film Festival) Germany Euro Tales 2008
NIE PATRZ WSTECZ (London Film Festival, Camerimage Grand Jury Award) Poland 2008
DRIK NU AGNES Denmark 2011
AFRICA GOODBYE CHICKEN, FAREWELL GOAT (Los Angeles Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, True/False Film Festival) Nigeria African Days 2010
BIG MAN (Dubai Film Festival, New York Times, Los Angeles Film Festival) 2012
NORTH AMERICA SHE WAITS IN THE RESTLESS HORIZON USA New York Streets 2005
LINUS (MTVu Film of the Week, 1st Place Calvin Klein Short Film Competition) 2007
THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE 2015
MEDITATIONS/A LOVE STORY American Lives 2004
THE BOUNDARY (Amnesty International Movies That Matter, Best Director NBC Short Cuts, HBO) 2008
"BROKEN ARROWS" (Avicii) 2015
LUCE 2019
THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX Hollywood Lights 2018

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