Phumi Morare
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Phumi Morare is an NAACP Image Award-winning, Oscar-shortlisted writer/director from South Africa. She is passionate about redeeming the African and feminine identity in cinema. Her short films have played at international film festivals, including Telluride Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and the American Black Film Festival.
Her short film Lakutshon' Ilanga (When The Sun Sets) was shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards, won an NAACP Image Award, and was acquired by WarnerMedia OneFifty. It also won a Student Academy Award Gold Medal, won the 2021 HBO Short Film Competition, and was nominated for the 2021 Student BAFTA Awards. She participated in the 2021 Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens Women's Filmmaker Program and the 2021 Berlinale Talents Durban program.
Phumi completed her MFA in Film Directing at Chapman University. She has a background in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and management consulting at McKinsey & Company. She freelances as a strategist at Statement Films, a company that incubates African women creators.
Her short film Lakutshon' Ilanga (When The Sun Sets) was shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards, won an NAACP Image Award, and was acquired by WarnerMedia OneFifty. It also won a Student Academy Award Gold Medal, won the 2021 HBO Short Film Competition, and was nominated for the 2021 Student BAFTA Awards. She participated in the 2021 Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens Women's Filmmaker Program and the 2021 Berlinale Talents Durban program.
Phumi completed her MFA in Film Directing at Chapman University. She has a background in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and management consulting at McKinsey & Company. She freelances as a strategist at Statement Films, a company that incubates African women creators.
