11 Facts About Nia DaCosta

Nia DaCosta was born on November 8,1989 and is an American film director and screenwriter.

Nia DaCosta wrote and directed the crime thriller film Little Woods, winning the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Nia DaCosta was born in 1989, in Brooklyn, New York City and raised in Harlem.

Nia DaCosta recalled in an interview thinking that she grew up experiencing a rather privileged lifestyle living in New York City because there were so many resources so much knowledge to be soaked up living in the city.

Nia DaCosta instead turned to the emotions from certain experiences and how her emotions experienced was something that she knew about and could write about, and people could connect with.

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Nia DaCosta's work speaks for the people who do not get their story and their issues shown on screen in an effort to spark a conversation about what people are doing and if others can do better.

Nia DaCosta wrote the script for Little Woods, which was one of the 12 projects chosen for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs, where she would meet Tessa Thompson who would later play the role of Ollie in her 2019 film LittleWoods.

Nia DaCosta funded a short film version of what would eventually become her first feature film through Kickstarter with the help of 72 backers who eventually raised $5,100.

Nia DaCosta cites Debrah Granik's Winter's Bone and Courtney Hunt's Frozen River as being her main sources of inspiration for the script, as she feels that their films relay amazing performances and tense drama, yet tackle real issues in America.

Nia DaCosta was chosen to helm what was described as a spiritual sequel to the original Candyman in 2018.

Nia DaCosta has gathered a lot of fame in a relatively short period of time.