Nnegest Likké
| Nnegest Likké | |
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| Born | Oakland, California, United States |
Nnegest Likké is an internationally based, Award Winning film director, screenwriter and producer.
Biography
Nnegest grew up in the inner city of Oakland / San Francisco Bay Area and attended Skyline High School. Her father was the famous Ethiopian revolutionary Dr. Senay Likké. Nnegest earned her B.A. in Mass Communications from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is one of 5 women filmmakers in the world to win an African Academy Award for directing the film "Ben & Ara". In 2016, she wrote, directed and produced "Everything But A Man" starring Monica Calhoun (The Best Man/Franchise) and Jimmy Jean-Louis. Her début film was the 2006, Fox Searchlight comedy Phat Girlz which starred Academy Award Winner Mo'Nique and was produced by her career mentor, Robert Newmyer.
Filmography
- 2006: Phat Girlz
- 2014: Ben & Ara
- 2016: Everything But A Man