Talent Guide
Sue-Ellen Chitunya
- Discipline:Producer
- Program Year:Amplifier Fellowship 2023, Fast Track 2024, Grants and Awards 2016, Producing Lab 2020, Project Involve 2016
Bio
Sue-Ellen Chitunya is a Zimbabwean-American filmmaker. She is an AMPAS/OSCARS member. She is a Roger and Chaz Ebert Fellow and alumni of Film Independent Amplifier, Project Involve and Rotterdam Lab. Her projects have been selected for Durban FilmMart, SFFILM, Red Sea Lodge and The Gotham.
Her varied work experience includes post-production coordinator on Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Black Panther (2018) and junior exec on This Is Us (S5 & S6) and Only Murders In The Building (S1 & S2). She recently produced the documentary For Tomorrow (2022) and the interactive mobile app romcom Mr. Right (2022).
Current Project
Black SnakeLogline
In a rural village, a family eager to start a new life is forced to face their cultural identity when the appearance of a mysterious tree coincides with their arrival.