Sierra Leone / Canada

As a Sierra Leonean-Canadian, Ngardy Conteh George always wants to tell stories of the African Diaspora. As a director she has achieved this with Soldiers for the Streets, a short documentary for the NFB, broadcast on CBC Television and Literature Alive, a documentary series featuring Caribbean-Canadian authors broadcast on Bravo!. She is also an accomplished video editor working on various documentaries and television shows including I Want to Be a Desi 2 (documentary short, Dir. Allan Tong), Something Beautiful (half-hour documentary on development in Kenya), Cypher for AUX TV, Arts & Minds for Bravo!, The Rhyming Chef Barbuda, Food & Drink TV and The Marilyn Denis Show for CTV.  She is a former scholarship athlete and graduate of the University of New Orleans. Most recently, she directed, co-produced and co-wrote TV hour Mr. Jane and Finch commissioned by CBC Docs POV and nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award. The film was nominated for two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary and Best Writing for a Documentary. Biography Source

Filmography

Literature Alive (2005)
The Rhyming Chef Barbuda (2009)
The Flying Stars (2014)
Dudley Speaks for Me (2016)
Mr. Jane and Finch (2019)