Ng'endo Mukii

Biography

Ng'endo Mukii is an award-winning writer-director best known for ‘Yellow Fever,’ her documentary-animation exploring Western influences on African women's ideals of beauty. Ng’endo is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (USA), and holds a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London (UK). She is an alumni of the Berlinale Talents (Germany) and the Realness Screenwriter’s Residency (South Africa). Her films have won numerous awards, including Silver Hugo for the Best Animated Short at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Encounters Immersive Grand Prix. Ng’endo is a Professor Of The Practice at The School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston. She is a director on Disney+’s inaugural all-African Animated anthology, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire.