Nana Duffuor is a Black queer, first generation Ghanaian filmmaker based in New York City. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing at Columbia University. Nana is passionate about telling stories that center characters and communities not often seen on screen. Her work thoughtfully blends heart and humor to explore themes that lie at the intersection of the personal and political.
In 2023, she made history as the first-ever Columbia film student to direct an international short film in Ghana. Her film, Confirmation, premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in the New York African Film Festival, and went on to screen at numerous other festivals across the U.S., Ghana, and South Africa, including the Micheaux Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival, the Accra Indie Film Festival, and the Academy-Award qualifying Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, where the film received Honorable Mention. Her 2022 short film, Casual Encounter, received the award for Best Actress in a Narrative Short at the Newark International Film Festival.
Nana is a recipient of the New York Women in Film & Television Scholarship, Columbia University Merit Fellowship for Outstanding Rising Second Year Students, and the Bryan Kashif Cox Memorial Scholarship.
She is passionate about collaborating with fellow creatives to tell unforgettable stories that offer nuanced portrayals of the human condition.