Bio

Co-founder of Oya Media Group, Ngardy Conteh George is an award-winning filmmaker, a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Fellow and grantee, and recipient of grants from the Toronto and Ontario Art Councils and the Canada Council for the Arts. She is committed to working with marginalized, and often unheard communities, especially those that represent the rich cultures and complexities of the African Diaspora.  

With her previous production company Mattru Media, Ngardy produced two television series; The Rhyming Chef Barbuda, a unique cooking show that fused hip-hop with culinary arts, filmed in the Caribbean and aired on Bite TV and AUX TV, and two seasons of Cypher, the flag-ship Hip Hop music show for the network aired on AUX TV across Canada. Mattru Media also develops creative projects for a variety of corporations and arts organizations – ranging from a multi-year collaboration with Ballet Jorgen to a long standing relationship with High Liner Culinary, which started in 2009 and involved the launch of their re-branding campaign.

Her films include short documentary Dudley Speaks for Me (Best Canadian Presentation, Caribbean Tales Int’l Film Festival, 2016), award-winning Sundance Documentary Film Fund supported feature length documentary The Flying Stars (Best documentary – BronzeLens Film Festival, 2015) and most recently TV hour Mr. Jane and Finch commissioned by CBC Docs POV and nominated for a Golden Sheaf award. She is currently working on her first cinematic 360 interactive VR documentary project, Wa’Omoni Rising.

Reel/Clips

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