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Ngardy Conteh

Co-founder of OYA Media Group, Ngardy Conteh George is Sierra Leonean-Canadian award-winning director, producer and editor dedicated to amplifying the voices of systematically excluded communities, particularly those representing the African Diaspora. Recently she co-directed and co-produced 5-part docu-series ‘Black Community Mixtapes’ (Citytv), winner of three 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (and nominated for five) and co-produced ‘Veracity: Answering The Call’ for Rogers/CityTV.She directed, co-wrote and co-produced TV-hour documentary ‘Mr. Jane and Finch’ (CBC), winner of two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards. Her first feature length documentary was Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund supported ‘The Flying Stars’, about amputee footballers in Sierra Leone coping with PTSD. The film earned best documentary at the BronzeLens Film Festival in 2015 and aired on CBC documentary channel, NHK, DR, and Al-Jazeera. She recently produced ‘Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story’, which made its World Premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and ‘A Mother Apart’, which had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2024 earning Top 3 Audience favourite. She has been a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Fellow and grantee and a Black Public Media & MIT Open Doc Labs visiting artist fellow. She is also a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. Supporting community, Ngardy is a co-founder and board chair of OYA Black Arts Coalition, a not-for-profit charitable organization that focuses on supporting Black filmmakers and entrepreneurs in the film, entertainment and digital media industry.

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Representation

DUDLEY SPEAKS FOR ME (2016) Documentary

SELECTED WORK

Director/Producer // Toronto, Canada, 2023
Docuseries: Black Community Mixtapes
*In post-production, Oya Media Group

Co-producer // Toronto, Canada, 2018 – present
Feature Length Documentary: Away with Words
*In pre-production with NFB, Doc Channel, Oya Media Group

Director/Producer/Writer // Toronto, Canada, 2018 – present
360 Cinematic VR Documentary: Wa’Omoni Rising: A Cinematic Experience
*In development with NFB, Bell Slate Fund, Oya Media Group

Director/Producer/Writer // Toronto, Canada, 2018 – 2019
TV-hour Documentary: Mr. Jane & Finch
Producers: Charlotte Engel, CBC POV, Alison Duke, Ngardy Conteh George -Oya Media Group
*Premiere at the Toronto Black Film Festival, Commissioned by CBC, Nominated – Golden Sheaf Award, Winner – Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, Best Writing in a Documentary, Canadian Screen Awards

Director/Writer/Editor // Toronto, Canada, 2016
Documentary: Dudley Speaks for Me (8 mins)
Part of the Akua Benjamin Legacy Project short documentary series Winner of Best Canada Presentation – Caribbean Tales Film Festival (2016)

Co-Director/Editor/Producer // Toronto, Canada & Sierra Leone, West Africa, 2014
Feature Length Documentary: The Flying Stars
Producers: Ngardy Conteh George, Allan Tong, Katarina Soukup – Mattru Media Inc Festivals include RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival, *Best documentary award – Bronze Lens Film Festival (Atlanta), New York African Film Festival, Women’s International Film Festival (Florida), Toronto Black Film Festival and more. Broadcast on CBC documentary channel, NHK, DR, AL-Jazeera,

Producer/Director/Editor // Toronto, Canada, 2010 – present
Corporate branded short videos and trailers – Mattru Media— clients include Water front Toronto, High Liner Foodservice & Ballet Jorgen

Video Editor/Producer/Camera // Toronto, Canada, 2008 – 2011
½ hour Television Series: Cypher (2 seasons) (Hip hop scene magazine style show)
Broadcast on AUX
Producers: Ngardy Conteh and Philman George, Mattru Media Inc.

Director/Editor/Producer/Camera // Barbuda, The Caribbean, 2008 – 2011
Cooking/Entertainment Series: The Rhyming Chef Barbuda
Broadcast on Bite TV/AUX
Producers: Philman George, Ngardy Conteh – Mattru Media & The Rhyming Chef

Director/Editor/Producer // Toronto, Canada 2007
1/2 hour Documentary: Circle of Slavery
Premiered at the 2011 Sierra Leone International Film Festival

Video Editor // Toronto, Canada, 2006 – 2008
Television Series: Arts & Minds (1/2 hour weekly series) and Bravo!News
Broadcast on CTV, Bravo! and CP24

Director/Writer // Toronto, Canada, 2004
Documentary: Soldiers for the Streets (11 minutes)
Broadcast on CBC Newsworld
Producer: Gerry Flahive – National Film Board of Canada
Festivals include Vues D’Afrique Film Festival 2005, Detroit Docs Film Festival

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Arts – University of New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) 2001	Specialized in Film/Vide	Scholarship athlete on the NCAA Division 1 - UNO track and field team
NFB Momentum Documentary Filmmakers Workshop – 2004
WIFT – Production Management for Producers – May 2005
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Fellowship at the Sundance Film Festival – 2012
Hot Docs Forum - Pitch in 2012 with The Flying Stars (formerly Leone Stars)

GRANTS & AWARDS

Innoversity Creative Summit – Winner of Documentary Pitch contest – 2003
2011 Winner of the Telefilm Toronto International Film Festival Pitch This! competition for The Flying Stars (formerly Leone Stars)
Toronto Arts Council Emerging Media Artists production grant, 2011
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grant for The Flying Stars (formerly Leone Stars) – 2011 and 2012 (3 grants)
Ontario Arts Council Skills and Career Development grant, 2015
Best documentary award for ‘The Flying Stars’ – Bronze Lens Film Festival (Atlanta), 2015
Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create Grant, 2019
Winner - Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, Best Writing in a Documentary, Canadian Screen Awards, 2020
Winner - Best Direction in a Documentary Series - Being Black in Toronto (OYA Emerging Filmmaker Program Participants Win)

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