Nia DaCosta

 

Nia DaCosta
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Brooklyn (mul) , 8 Nuwamba, 1989 (35 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	New York University Tisch School of the Arts (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	darakta, marubin wasannin kwaykwayo, film screenwriter (en) da mai tsara fim
Mamba	Writers Guild of America, East (en)
IMDb	nm4804442
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Nia DaCosta (an haife ta a ranar 8 ga watan Nuwamba, shekara ta 1989) 'yar fim ce ta Amurka. Ta tashi zuwa shahararriya lokacin da ta fara fitowa a matsayin marubuciya da darekta tare da fim mai ban tsoro na Little Woods (2018), inda ta lashe Kyautar Nora Ephron don Masu Fim na Mata a Bikin Fim na Tribeca .

Bayan aiki a kan wasu ayyukan, musamman jagorantar abubuwan da suka faru biyu na jerin abubuwan ban tsoro na Burtaniya Top Boy a cikin 2019, DaCosta ta zama darakta mace ta farko da ta fara fitowa a No. 1 a ofishin jakadancin Amurka don bude fim mai ban tsoro Candyman (2021). Daga nan sai ta zama mace baƙar fata ta farko da ta ba da umarnin fim din Marvel Comics lokacin da ta ba le umarnin The Marvels (2023), wanda ya zama fim mafi girma wanda mace baƙarƙashiya ta ba da umurni.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Nia DaCosta a yankin Brooklyn na Birnin New York a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1989, kuma ta girma a Harlem . Mahaifiyarta ta Jamaica, Charmaine DaCosta, ta kasance mai kafa murya na ƙungiyar Worl-A-Girl . Manufarta ta farko ita ce ta zama mawaki. Lokacin da take 'yar shekara 16, ta dauki aji na A.P. Turanci, inda aka fallasa ta ga aikin Joseph Conrad bayan karanta littafinsa Heart of Darkness . Ta damu da fina-finai bayan kallon Apocalypse Now, wanda ya kai ta ga karatun fim daga zamanin New Hollywood, ta sami wahayi daga daraktoci kamar Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, Martin Scorsese, da Steven Spielberg. Da yake ambaton Scorsese musamman a matsayin babban tasirin ta, ta shiga makarantar Tisch School of the Arts ta Jami'ar New York kuma ta kammala a shekara ta 2011. Yayinda take can, ta sadu da Scorsese yayin aikinta a matsayin mataimakiyar samar da talabijin. Daga baya ta sami digiri daga Royal Central School of Speech and Drama na London.

Ayyuka

Bayan kammala makaranta, DaCosta ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar samar da talabijin, inda ta yi aiki tare da masu shirya fina-finai kamar Martin Scorsese, Steve McQueen, da Steven Soderbergh . DaCosta ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na ma'aikata a kan shirye-shirye kamar Shark Loves the Amazon (2011), I Love the 1880s (2012) da Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (2013). Bayan ta yi aiki a matsayin memba na ma'aikata a kan shirye-shirye, ta fara rubuta gajerun fina-finai kamar Livelihood (2014) da Celeste (2014). Ba da daɗewa ba DaCosta ya rubuta rubutun ga Little Woods. . Yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan 12 da aka zaba don 2015 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs. A can ta zama abokiyar Tessa Thompson, wacce daga baya aka jefa ta a matsayin Ollie. Ta ba da kuɗin gajeren fim na abin da zai zama fim dinta na farko da aka fitar ta hanyar Neon da Kickstarter tare da taimakon masu goyon baya 72, waɗanda daga ƙarshe suka tara $ 5,100.   Bayan kammala Little Woods, DaCosta ya ba da umarni aukuwa biyu na kakar wasa ta uku na wasan kwaikwayo na Top Boy. DaCosta ta zama co-halicci, tare da Aron Eli Coleite, lokacin da ta yi aiki a kan jerin yanar gizo 8 da ake kira Ghost Tape (2020). Bayan haka, DaCosta ta cika mafarkinta lokacin da ta fara aiki tare da Jordan Peele, wanda daga baya ya zama mai ba da shawara, yayin da take aiki a fim din Candyman na 2021.

Fim din ya fara ne a bikin fina-finai na Tribeca a cikin 2018, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Nora Ephron don "kyakkyawan ba da labari ta mata ko darektan". Neon ne ya sayi haƙƙin rarraba fim ɗin kuma an sake shi a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a Amurka a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2019. Little Woods (2018) samarwa ya faru ne a cikin hunturu na 2017 da 2018. Sun harbe fim din a Arewacin Dakota da Austin, Texas. Fim din ya faru ne a watan Janairu da Fabrairu lokacin da yanayin ya kasance 'mai tsanani.' DaCosta ya ci gaba da yin tsokaci game da bangaren samar da fim din, "Yana da matukar wahala ga mace ta fito a cikin tsarin studio. Amma ina tsammanin irin batutuwan tsarin da ke shafar yawan aikin da mata ke samu shine kuma a cikin sararin indie. Duk da yake akwai mata da yawa da ke aiki, tabbas muna samun kuɗi kaɗan". DaCosta ya ambaci Debra Granik's Winter's Bone da Courtney Hunt's Frozen River sun kasance tushen wahayi ga rubutun DaCosta. A cikin wata hira ta 2018, DaCosta ta bayyana muhimmancin da take da ita na ba da labarun "mata masu aiki" maimakon adadi a cikin fina-finai da maza ke jagoranta. A wata hira da Inverse, ta bayyana wahayi zuwa gare ta don fim din, "Ina buƙatar bincika wannan, kuma ina so in ba da labari game da wannan saboda yana da mahimmanci".