
Directing
Julius Onah
Born 1983-02-10 · Makurdi, Nigeria
Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker. He has directed the films The Girl Is in Trouble (2015), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Luce (2019), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Julius Onah, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
The tale of a young man's struggle to establish a racial identity. Blending elements of '60s agit-prop political theater with surreal storytelling, the film provides a glimpse into the mind of its protagonist during an intense psychological and emotional breakdown. As an elaborately constructed fantasy world clashes with a past that haunts him, he suffers through a downward spiral as he loses a grip on reality.
Nigger
2004
Sue Faye, a Chinese American immigrant, and Adoga, an aspiring comic book artist from Nigeria, are faced with a difficult decision. Soon after an innocent encounter, they find themselves in a quiet romance. Unfortunately, circumstances out of their control arise and threaten to separate them. As Sue Faye meditates on her past, the possibilities of the present become another memory, and she must reconcile with the uncertainty of a decision that could change their lives forever.
She Waits in the Restless Horizon
2005
A young couple fall in and out of love as they muse on their lives.
Meditations/A Love Story
2004
NRSeven years since his last visit to Nigeria, a filmmaker meditates on the death of his father.
Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat
2010
Behind the camera
6.0After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
6.0After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
5.6Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018
6.8A highly-gifted student sees an opportunity to escape her roots by helping wealthy classmates cheat on key exams, but at great risk to her future.
Bad Genius
2024
6.4A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
Luce
2019
6.4A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
Luce
2019
6.4A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
Luce
2019
NRA vibrant portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the NYC artist who revolutionized 1980s art. From street graffiti to gallery stardom, his bold Neo-expressionist works left an indelible mark on the art world and beyond.
Samo Lives
2026
NRA vibrant portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the NYC artist who revolutionized 1980s art. From street graffiti to gallery stardom, his bold Neo-expressionist works left an indelible mark on the art world and beyond.
Samo Lives
2026
NRA vibrant portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the NYC artist who revolutionized 1980s art. From street graffiti to gallery stardom, his bold Neo-expressionist works left an indelible mark on the art world and beyond.
Samo Lives
2026
The tale of a young man's struggle to establish a racial identity. Blending elements of '60s agit-prop political theater with surreal storytelling, the film provides a glimpse into the mind of its protagonist during an intense psychological and emotional breakdown. As an elaborately constructed fantasy world clashes with a past that haunts him, he suffers through a downward spiral as he loses a grip on reality.
Nigger
2004
The tale of a young man's struggle to establish a racial identity. Blending elements of '60s agit-prop political theater with surreal storytelling, the film provides a glimpse into the mind of its protagonist during an intense psychological and emotional breakdown. As an elaborately constructed fantasy world clashes with a past that haunts him, he suffers through a downward spiral as he loses a grip on reality.
Nigger
2004
The tale of a young man's struggle to establish a racial identity. Blending elements of '60s agit-prop political theater with surreal storytelling, the film provides a glimpse into the mind of its protagonist during an intense psychological and emotional breakdown. As an elaborately constructed fantasy world clashes with a past that haunts him, he suffers through a downward spiral as he loses a grip on reality.
Nigger
2004
4.8A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
The Girl Is in Trouble
2015
4.8A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
The Girl Is in Trouble
2015
4.8A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
The Girl Is in Trouble
2015
In Eberswalde, Germany, just outside of Berlin, Karl Szmolinsky is contacted by the North Korean government to send his "German Giants" to Pyong Yang. What happens next is beyond his wildest imagination.
Szmolinsky
2007
In Eberswalde, Germany, just outside of Berlin, Karl Szmolinsky is contacted by the North Korean government to send his "German Giants" to Pyong Yang. What happens next is beyond his wildest imagination.
Szmolinsky
2007
7.0A family on its way home is forced to deal with circumstances they would never hope for.
The Boundary
2008
7.0A family on its way home is forced to deal with circumstances they would never hope for.
The Boundary
2008
7.0A family on its way home is forced to deal with circumstances they would never hope for.
The Boundary
2008
Babette is a woman in dire straits. An unemployed illegal immigrant from France, she must make a desperate choice when threatened with an eviction from her landlord. This choice leads to an encounter with Amir, a detached and lonely young Muslim American, that ends with devastating results for them both.
Babette
2007
Babette is a woman in dire straits. An unemployed illegal immigrant from France, she must make a desperate choice when threatened with an eviction from her landlord. This choice leads to an encounter with Amir, a detached and lonely young Muslim American, that ends with devastating results for them both.
Babette
2007
Babette is a woman in dire straits. An unemployed illegal immigrant from France, she must make a desperate choice when threatened with an eviction from her landlord. This choice leads to an encounter with Amir, a detached and lonely young Muslim American, that ends with devastating results for them both.
Babette
2007
