Edward Osei-Gyimah is an award-winning filmmaker originally from London, England. He studied at London’s prestigious Dulwich College and obtained a BA in English Literature and Film Theory at Brunel University. He then spent the next six years working in the British media industry, serving on various broadcast series for Channel 4, Nickelodeon UK, and Carlton Television. He later obtained his MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. His short film Growing Old Disgracefully won Best Romantic Comedy at the International Student Film Festival of Hollywood, and also screened at the 2008 Pan African Film Festival and the 2007 Scene First Film Festival. Osei-Gyimah’s next film Kwame received the Student Filmmaker award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction from the Director’s Guild Of America. It also received the Best Narrative Short Film at the 2009 Pan-African Film Festival, Best Student Short Film at the 2009 Cleveland International Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival, the Best Student Short Film at the 2009 Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, and the Best Short Film at the HBO-sponsored 2009 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. Osei-Gyimah has also been the recipient of an AMPAS internship grant, which allowed him to undertake an internship at Sony Pictures entertainment.